Emergence
Cosmogony
Trickster Tales
The Name Game
Miscellaneous Myths
100

In the Acoma Tribe emergence myth, what was in the goddesses baskets?

Images of animals and seeds.

100

In the Basket of Bones myth, where would the spirits rest during the day?

Inside of rocks

100
In the Fire Thief myth, which animal went to steal the fire?

the Beaver

100

In the The Woman Who Fell From the Sky myth, which animal died to bring earth from the bottom of the sea?

Bonus: Name the other two animals, who failed the same task.

Muskrat

Bonus: Beaver and Otter (200 bonus points)

100

Name any one of the activities that the Kachinas taught people to do.

Bonus: 100 points for every activity you can name

make tools, hunt, heal sickness, or live off the land.

Bonus: 100 points for every activity you named

200

In the Acoma Tribe emergence myth, what was the first animal that the goddesses summoned?

A mole. 
200

How did the Great Chief create land?

By throwing fistfuls of mud.

200

Name one of the animals that Coyote sent to charm the Little Cousin in Freeing the Buffalo.

Bonus: 200 additional points if you can name all three.

A bird, a squirrel, and a small rodent. 

Bonus: 200 additional points if you named all three.

200

What was the name of Sky Woman's daughter?

Earth Woman

200

In the Sedna and the Birth of the Sea Creatures myth, what animal did her husband and his village turn into?

Sea birds

400

In the Navajo Tribe emergence myth, what are the colors of the four worlds? 

Black, Blue, Yellow, and White/Glittering

400

In the Basket of Bones myth, how did the Old Man and his daughter transport the spirits to the Upper World?

By carrying their bones in a basket.

400

In the Coyote and the Boxes myth, what were in the boxes?

The Sun and the Moon

400

Who is Tsichtinako?

The spirit that guides the goddesses in the Acoma Tribe emergence myth.

400

Who impregnated Earth Woman while planting potatoes?

The Wind

(200 bonus points if you specified West Wind)

800

In the Acoma Tribe emergence myth, what were the first four plants that the goddesses grew?

Pine trees

800

In the Father Son, Mother Moon myth, why did the brothers set off to speak with the son?

To learn the truth about who their mother is.

800

In The Coyote and the Boxes myth, what did the sun and moon decide to create?

The Cold Winter

800

What was the name of the person who caught Sky Woman?

Loon

800

How did Sedna murder her father?

She opened the ice underneath his tent, and drowned him in the water below. 

1200

In the Navajo Tribe emergence myth, what does the white cloud and black cloud represent?

The Female Being and the Male Being

1200

What was the gift that the Great Chief bestowed upon the woman?

The ability to give birth

1200

In the Fire Thief myth, which types of trees are not greedy?

Birch and Cedar trees

1200

In Kachinas of the Puebloans, the word Kachina derives from the Hopi term Kachi. What does Kachi mean?

Spirit father, life, or spirit.
1200

How might you be able to kill a skinwalker?

With a bullet or knife rubbed with white ash.

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