Monsters & Magic
This spirit lived on a Catskills peak and controlled the weather for the whole Hudson Valley.
Who is the Catskill Witch?
This holy woman brought the sacred pipe to the Lakota.
Who is White Buffalo Calf Woman?
Tcikabis trapped the Sun using this.
What is a magic net?
Wenebojo traveled and hunted with a pack of these animals.
What are wolves?
Joe's grandfather, who tells old stories in his sleep.
Who is Mooshum?
Rain filled the stone monster's eye sockets, turning them into these.
What are two lakes?
What was left of the scout who had bad thoughts about her.
What are bones (a skeleton)?
The tiny animal that gnawed through the net and freed the Sun.
What is a mouse?
Wenebojo disguised himself as this to ambush the underwater spirits.
What is a tree stump?
The Ojibwe word for a person who has become a monster that feeds on others.
What is a wiindigoo?
The selfish wife who wouldn't share fish turned into this bird.
What is an owl?
The number of sacred ceremonies she taught.
What is seven?
The Cherokee Sun hated people because they did this whenever they looked at her.
What is squint / screw up their faces?
After the great flood, this small animal dove down and brought up earth.
What is a muskrat?
According to Mooshum's story, the round house represents the body of this animal.
What is a buffalo (the buffalo mother)?
Besides a hissing breath, this sign in the snow warns that a Wendigo is near.
What are bloody footprints?
In the Arikara legend, the first corn plant grew where this animal stood for four days.
What is a buffalo (bull)?
When the box was opened early, the Sun's daughter flew out as this bird.
What is a redbird?
Many Indigenous peoples call North America by this name, after the animal that holds up the land.
What is Turtle Island?
The hero of Mooshum's story, who shares his name with the Ojibwe trickster.
Who is Nanapush?
After killing the Wendigo, the warrior fed his starving family with this animal.
What is a fox?
The birth of this animal is a sign that she will return.
What is a white buffalo calf?
How the people stopped the Sun's flood of tears.
What is dancing and singing (until a new drum song made her smile)?
The grandmother who raised Nanabozho.
Who is Nokomis?
Akii's husband, who wrongly accused her of being a wiindigoo.
Who is Mirage?