Native American Myths

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English 5-6 Name________________________ N.A. Literature Due_________________________ 1. The Onondaga myth explains the creation of what? 2. What animals were vital to creation in the Onondaga myth? 3. According to the Onondaga myth, what existed before this Earth? 4. What starts the chain of events that eventually leads to the Earth’s creation? 5. What does the Sky Woman bring with her from Skyland? How does it affect the Earth? 6. Name two things that are lost or sacrificed in the Skyland so there would be life on Earth. 7. How do animals in this myth exhibit human virtues? 8. Whom do you think the Onondaga ultimately credit with bringing Earth into existence? 9. What can you conclude from this myth about the relationship between the Onondaga and their natural environment? Explain your answer. 10. What does the Modoc myth explain? 11. In the Onondaga myth, the animals were praised for their part in the creation—in the Modoc myth, what happens to the grizzlies? Why? 12. In the Modoc myth, several natural phenomenons are explained—name FIVE. 13. According to the Modoc myth, how are the landscape and creatures of the Earth formed? 14. In the eyes of the Modoc Sky Spirit, what was the true crime of the grizzly bears? 15. What is the meaning of the Modoc custom of marking the site where an Indian was killed by a grizzly? 16. The Navajo myth explained what? 17. Find evidence in a passage that suggests four is a sacred number for the Navajo. 18. Name the special spirits in all three myths. 19. What are the four sacred
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