Asian Myths
According to the story of Nu Kua, what material did she first use to make humans?
What is clay from the Yellow River?
The bear turns into a woman after eating mugwort and garlic.
What is the Tangun legend/Korean Creation Myth?
In the Chelan story, tribes were created from which animal’s body?
What is Beaver?
In the Iroquois story, what foods are the “Three Sisters”?
What are beans, corn, and squash?
In the Chelan creation story, the people learned how to make things based on this, and left by...
What are pictures on the rocks left by the Creator?
What did P’an Ku do for 18,000 years?
What is held apart Heaven and Earth?
Heaven is round and Earth is square, divided by two forces.
What is the myth of Yin and Yang?
In the Cherokee creation, which bird’s heavy wings shaped valleys and mountains?
What is Buzzard?
People learn survival from Ants while the world is destroyed.
What is the Hopi Creation story/myth?
In the Cherokee creation story, all of the animals bring this to the humans...
What are diseases?
In the Tangun Legend, which animal succeeded in becoming human?
What is a bear?
A goddess repairs the sky with five-colored stones
What is the myth of Nu Kua?
In the Aztec creation cycle, how many worlds have been created, including our current one?
What is five?
The Great Tree, Sky Woman, and Turtle Island.
What is the Iroquois Creation story/myth?
In the Aztec Creation story, this god sacrifices himself to help create the Fifth World...
Who is Nanatuzin?
What caused Izanami’s death in the Japanese creation myth?
What is she burned to death giving birth to the fire god?
The corpse of a giant becomes mountains, rivers, and people.
In the Hopi myth, who created the first human beings using earth and saliva?
Who is Spider Woman?
The First People emerge from corn, with winds giving them life.
What is the Navajo Creation myth/story?
In the Hopi creation myth, Spider Woman sings this to create the poles of the earth, plants, and animals.
What is The Creation Song?
A sun goddess hides in a cave until tricked with a mirror and dancing.
What is the Japanese Creation Myth?
In the Navajo story, what natural element gave life to the ears of corn that became First Man and First Woman?
What is wind?
Repeated destructions of the world by jaguars, wind, fire, and flood.
What is the Aztec Creation myth/story?
In the Iroquois creation myth, this being killed Sky Woman by being born from her armpit.
Who is the left handed twin?