Elements of a Myth/ Never Cry Wolf
Why does the Canadian government send Tyler to the Artic and what does it think of himself and the plan the government has created?
What is The Canadian government believes the wolves are killing off all the caribou. Tyler thinks that he's not capable of pulling this off/surviving in the Artic. He also thinks that who ever created this plan did not think everything through, "some miscalculations".
The trickster in "Coyote, Fox and Whale"
What is Coyote?
A traditional story, passed from generation to generation that explains why the world is the way that it is. These stories are essentially religious because they present the supernatural events and beings and articulate (explain) the values and beliefs of a cultural group. They explain the unexplainable.
What is a myth?
What did the two brothers argue about in the womb?
What is right-handed brother wants to be born the normal way, left-handed brother wants to be born towards the light (the mother's mouth).
Why does Coyote kick Buffalo Bull’s skull, and what happens as a result of this?
What is Coyote did not like Buffalo Bull's and does so to get back at his enemy. Buffalo Bull comes back to life.
In Never Cry Wolf, how do the Inuit explain the relationship between the wolves and caribou?
What is one social value and one cultural detail you learned from the myth?
What is caribou were created but there were too many. Hunters began killing them but only hunted the strong and healthy leaving only the weak left to reproduce. Wolves were created to only eat the diseased leaving the strong and creating powerful herds.
social value- both animals are needed for balance in the world, respect wolves-do not harm them-need them
cultural detail- the Inuit people hunted caribou as a means of survival
The trickster in "The World on the Turtle's Back"
What is no trickster? Trick question. Remember this is not a trickster tale but a creation myth.
A particular myth that explains how the universe, the earth, and life on earth began.
What is creation myth?
How did the woman create the world and bring plant life to earth?
What is muskrat grabbed dirt from the sea and walked in the direction of the sun until the earth grew. Then she planted the roots from the Great Tree and thus plants began to grow on the earth. She continued to walked as the sun in order to keep the earth growing.
Explain one of the social values that are reinforced in the myth “Coyote and Buffalo”
What is 1) respect the dead, even your enemies, 2) don't fall for flattery, 3) don't be greedy or you'll end up with nothing 4) Keep your word.
This is one of three central ideas that we can learn about a society when we study their myths. On a basic level, myths serve to explain the unexplainable things about the world and life. Myths explain where people came from, how the earth was made, and where we go when we die.
What is Explanations for the World?
What is Culture Hero?
A group of magical people who were the first inhabitants of the world; they are both people and the animals that they are named after. These people appear in African folk tales, African American folktales, European folk tales, and in many other cultures' stories as well.
What is animal people?
What does the woman from "The World on the Turtle's Back" want from the Great Tree?
What is bark from the root of the tree?
How does Coyote act as the clever deceiver in “Coyote, Fox and Whale”
What is dresses up as the water maidens and sneaks into the whale's realm. 2) He covers up quickly when the Mouse almost gives them away
This is one of three central ideas that we can learn about a society when we study their myths. These are things that we can learn about how a community lived their daily life by reading their myths.
What is Cultural Details?
The trickster uses his cunning to fool or trick an adversary.
What is Clever Deceiver?
This is a folk tale about an animal or person who engages in trickery, violence, and magic. Tricksters are typically not all good or all bad. They are often a contradiction. They can be foolish yet clever, greedy, yet helpful, immoral, yet moral.
What is trickster tale?
This story explains how specific types of animals were created; explain the relationship that exists between the brothers’ animals and which social value is implied in this?
What is whenever the right-handed brother created an animal, the left-handed brother created an animal that would eat the other. This ended up creating balance in the ecosystem as one did not become more abundant and die off.
Nature has built in mechanisms that create balance within the natural world. Predators are not seen as scary but necessary for a healthy ecosystem.
What is one social value that is reinforced in “Coyote, Fox and Whale”
What is forgive your spouse, tell the truth to your loved ones even if it's uncomfortable, always have your family's back.
This is one of three central ideas that we can learn about a society when we study their myths. These are deeply held beliefs held by a community, myths help to reinforce these.
What is Social Values?
The trickster plays the fool. His greed makes him do something foolish that leaves him the loser.
What is Numbskull?
A short, simple story that is handed down typically mouth to mouth--generation to generation. This story often teaches family obligations or societal values.
What is folk tale?
Another social value is found in the personal qualities of the two brothers when you consider that both brothers helped to create mankind. What does the nature of each of the two brothers say about the nature of all of mankind?
What is no one is all good or all bad. Everyone contains his opposite. The right-handed brother is able to lie and the left-handed brother is able to tell the truth.
Explain one thing about the world that is explained in “Coyote, Fox and Whale”
What is why whales are not found in rivers and only salt water, why the Kettle Falls are so loud