Historia
The famous explorer who encountered los Taínos
Who is Christopher Columbus?
One way that the Taíno civilization was destroyed by Europeans.
What is (enslavement, diseases, violence, stripping of culture, mistreatment)?
The creator god.
Who is Yúcahu?
The number of brothers in the Cursed Creator Myth.
What is four?
The region where los Taínos are from.
What is the Caribbean?
The Taíno word for canoe.
What is canoa?
Goddess of the weather.
Who is Guabancex/Juracán?
The name of the brother that was covered in painful scabs.
Who is Deminan?
Two of the countries that the Taíno originate from.
What is (Cuba, Haiti, DR, PR, or Jamaica)?
What is caimán?
Goddess of water.
Who is Atabey?
The creature that emerged from Deminan's wound.
What is a turtle?
The larger indigenous group that los Taínos are a part of.
What is Arawak?
The Taíno word for hammock.
What is hamaca?
Ruler of the Underworld.
Who is Moboyas?
What the brothers broke open that swept them all away.
What is a gourd?
Two of the skills that los Taínos were known for.
What is (farming, hunting, sailing, fishing, navigating, crafting)?
The English word for the Taíno instrument, el guamo.
What is a trumpet?
The god and goddess of fertility.
Who are Yúcahu and Atabey?
What Bayamanacao spit onto Deminan's back.
What is tobacco?