The World on the Turtle’s Back Questions – Flashcards
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What was the rule about the Great Tree?
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No one was to mark or mutilate it.
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Where was this Great Tree located?
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In the Sky World.
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How did the woman survive the fall from the Sky World?
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The birds flew together and cushioned her and the turtle accepted her on his back.
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Why is the Great Tree important to the Iriquois creation myth?
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Because the Great Tree provided the earth's plants.
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How was the earth created, according to the Iriquois creation myth?
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It began when the woman took a tiny amount of dirt and placed it on the turtle's back.
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The arrows the man brings to the woman represent what?
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The twins she was going to have.
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Who is the "Master of Life?"
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The "Master of Life" was the right-handed twin.
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Who was born in an "unnatural way" through his mother's armpit?
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the left-handed twin.
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What happened at the mother's grave after her death?
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The main plants the Native Americans use (corn, beans and squash) sprung from her grave.
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What specifically grew from the heart of the mother when she was in her grave?
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The sacred tobacco plant, whose smoke rises to give thanks to the gods of the Sky World.
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Whom did the grandmother favor?
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The grandmother favored the left-handed twin.
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What types of animal did the left-handed twin create?
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The left-handed twin created the predator animals.
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What types of animal did the right-handed twin create?
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The right-handed twin created the defenseless prey animals.
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The right-handed twin takes complete control over what?
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The right-handed twin takes complete control over the daylight realm.
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What does the left-handed twin want the mountain lion to do?
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Eat the deer created by the right-handed twin
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Who becomes the moon?
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The grandmother of the twins
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What did the right-handed twin use to destroy his brother?
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a deer antler
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Who is known as Sapling?
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The right-handed twin
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What other names does the right-handed twin have?
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"He Holds Up The Skies," and "Great Creator."
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What is the domain of the left-handed twin?
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The realm of night
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Who killed the grandmother?
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The right-handed twin cut off her head and threw it into the sky
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Where does the left-handed twin live to this day?
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he lives in some place below the world.
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One of the names of the left-handed twin
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the one covered with boils
