TYPE of work
Paul Bunyan
Legend of tall tale
This American legend worked on the West Virginia railroad.
Who is John Henry?
This creature tempts Eve in the Garden of Eden.
What is the serpent?
the Blue Ridge Mountains
What are the Jack Tales?
"“You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledgeof good and evil you shall not eat."
What is Genesis 2, or the Judeo-Christian creation myth?
"That Man to Me Seems Equal to the Gods"
What is a poem?
This is the mother of Gilgamesh.
Who is Ninsun?
Complete the title: "Why _______'s Tail is Bare."
What is Opossum?
the Great Lakes (reportedly created by him)
What is "The Legend of Paul Bunyan"?
"If only I could find the one man whom the gods made immortal, I would ask him how to overcome death."
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
Antigone
What is drama or tragedy?
This king forbids Antigone to bury her brother.
Who is Creon?
Yeh Shen's stepmother kills this animal.
What is a fish?
Australia
What is Rainbow Serpent?
"The grief alone is mine, all mine. I'll never pin the blame on anyone else that's human. I was the one. I killed you, poor child. I did it. It is all true."
What is Antigone? (Creon is speaking.)
The Plant of Life
What is a creation story?
Who is Yeh Shen?
Paul Bunyan's favorite travel companion
Who is Babe, the blue ox?
Germany (a Cinderella variant)
Ashputtel
"Soon after her arrival, the Sky Woman gave birth to twins."
What is the Haudenosaunee creation myth?
Gilgamesh
What is an epic?
In Norse mythology, he is the ruler of heaven and earth.
Who is Odin?
This spider features in a series of West African folktales.
Who is Anansi?
a cave outside Thebes
What is Antigone?
"Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats"
What is the book of Matthew or "The Judgment of the Nations"?