Background
Characters
Plot
Archetypes
Comparative Myth
100

Corn and/or supply of food

How did Native Americans measure wealth?

100

Starting family members

Who are the mother, father and twins?

100

Spring behind the tee-pee

Where was Thrown-Away "placed"?

100

These two could be considered Orphans, Rebels or Heroes.

What are the Twins?

100

Wanadi's mother also experienced this uncommon Fate

What is being revived from the dead?

200

Montana

Where is the Crow tribe located?

200

Thrown-Away's dental difference

Who had the sharp teeth?

200

Where did the boys and father live?

A tee-pee

200

The Divine Mother

Who is the twins mother who dies at the beginning of the story?

200

Flood

What natural disaster occurs in every mythical tradition?

300

The Buffalo

Which animal was too fast and too large to capture?

300

6 people

How many people die in this story?

300

Visit Mother's grave to revive her from the dead

What is the first thing Thrown-Away and Lodge-Boy did when they got home?

300

Sage

Is the Thunderbird Friendly Beast, Sage or Destroyer?

300

A Greek story where the hero completes seemingly-impossible tasks

What is Heracles (Hercules)?

400

Serpent or snake

What is long and poisonous and slithers from place to place?

400

5 times

How many times did the twins disobey their father?

400

Bend in the river

Where did the woman with the boiling pot live?

400

Face adversity and win

What stage of the Hero's Journey are the boys in when they kill the otter?

400

Frey and Freya

Who are the twins in Norse mythology?

500

Bow and Arrow

What is the Native American weapon of choice?

500

Disobedient and powerful

How are children characterized in this story?

500

Jumped on the man and burned him to ashes

What did the boys do after stealing the fiery moccasins?

500

The Father's Archetype

Who is the trickster in this story?

500

Apollo and Artemis

Who are the twins in Greek mythology?

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