Native American Myths

The purpose of this was to explain how life/ Earth came to be

• Fable

• Creation myth

• Fairytale

• Divine myth

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A character type that can be found in literary works from different cultures throughout the ages

• Archetype

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Foil character

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Native American Literature uses a lot of human characters, but they also utilize what:

• Drawings

• Make-believe characters

• Animals

• Videos

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What are Oral Traditions?

• Are stories and history of a group passed by books from generation to generation

• Are stories and history of a group passed by drawings from generation to generation

• Are stories and history of a group passed by writing from generation to generation

• Are stories and history of a group passed by word of mouth from generation to generation

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Earth on Turtle's Back explains how _____ came to be.

• the sky

• the sea

• the earth

• the turtle

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What did the Sky Chief's wife have in her hand when she fell from Skyland in Earth on Turtle's Back?

• flowers

• a crown

• seeds

• roots

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What is an archetype?

• recurring characters in storytelling from different places around the world

• recurring patterns that occur in mythology, religion, and stories across cultures and time periods

• recurring patterns in stories across cultures and time periods

• recurring patterns within a culture and across time periods

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Archetypes include characters like ____________.

• animals

• a wise man

• the sun and moon

• sky people

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What happens to the young wife after the chief uproots the Great Tree?

• She falls through the huge hole.

• She cries because the tree has been uprooted.

• She is pulled by her hair by the Great Wind spirit.

• She breathes life into the seeds and sends them down.

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What actions do the water animals take when they realize the wife of the sky chief cannot live in water?

• They try to create a earth for her to stand upon.

• They adopt her and take her to live with them.

• They circle around her 8 times and call on the winds.

• They drop her into the water and tell her to swim.

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