Iroquois Mythology
It was sacred and not to be disturbed.
What is the tree at the beginning of the story?
The twins represent two sides of human nature.
What is the purpose of the twins?
How natural phenomena and people came to be.
What is a creation myth?
To make fit, to become adjusted to new conditions
What is adapt?
The character traits that come to mind.
What is an archetype?
The muskrat had greater stamina and perseverance than the other animals
How was the muskrat able to swim to the bottom of the ocean and retrieve the soil?
The left-handed twin killed their mother by coming out of her armpit, while the right-handed twin chose to be born the normal way.
Why was the right-handed twin so angry at the left-handed twin?
Gambling, Lacrosse, and clubs
What are the ways the twins tried to settle their conflict?
Understandable, logical, and consistent
What is coherent?
A category of story type
What is genre?
As she lay on the ground, the man reached into his quiver, and he took out two arrows, one sharp and one blunt, and he laid them across the body of the girl, and quietly went away.
How can we infer that the hunter is the father of the twins?
Contrasting the actions of each twin against the other
What contributes to the theme of balance between good and evil?
Zeus
Who is the king of the Greek gods?
To remove from the usual or proper place
What is displace?
Painting a picture with words
What is imagery?
The animals help the woman after she falls from the sky.
How do we know that nature plays an important role in Iroquois culture?
The right-handed twin represents goodness and light so he is never able to kill anyone completely.
Why didn't the left-handed twin die completely, "he died and he didn't die," when his brother threw him off the world?
Mythology derives from a particular culture and a group's worldview.
Where does mythology come from?
Marked by usually continuous productivity or change
What is dynamic?
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
What is personification?
The right-handed twin cut off the grandmother's head and cast it into the sky.
How did the moon come to be?
The Iroquois respect the balance of nature.
Why do they celebrate the right-handed twin during the day and the left-handed twin at night?
Mythological gods are immortal.
What is living forever?
Plan, procedure, or technique
What is a device?
A conclusion based on evidence and reasoning
What is inference?