Iraquois myth quiz made by George

How did Sky women go to earth?

• Her husband killed her, and her afterlife was on the earth

• Her husband pushed her

• She jumped off sky island

• Her husband ate her

Explain the role of animals in creating the earth and what this says about aboriginal belief in animals.

Why did they make the island on top of the turtle?

• To make Sky women live because the birds would get tired by holding sky women.

• To protect the big turtle's shell

• To clean the ocean by getting the pollution out and put it on the turtle

• For fun because the animals were bored

How were the sun, the moon, and the star made in this myth?

• When the sky women died, her ashes made them

• Sky women sprinkled dust in the air which made them

• Sky women's two sons were the sun and the moon

• Wastes of gas in space made them

What was the name of the two sons that sky Woman gave birth to?

• Plant and Volcano

• Sapling and Flint

• Tree and Dust

• Water and Smoke

What did Sapling create for the world?

Explain how Flint go against Sapling's creation

What made Flint angry?

• When sapling won the fight

• When Flint stop having powers to make harmful things

• When Sky women died

• When he started to only create good things

What is Flint’s consequence for losing his battle 

• He was sent back to Sky island

•  he was forced to live in the turtle island made by the frog

• He was killed by his brother

• he had to stop creating harmful things to earth.