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Mythology
Arctic & North American
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Undergraduate 2
04/22/2007

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Sea Spirit
Definition
Inuit spirit that exercises power over animals and provides food for humans
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Raven Father
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Inuit creator of earth, man, animals, plants and women
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Great Spirit
Definition
North American creator of the universe
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Earth Diver
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North American spirit that helped form the earth from mud
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Thunderbird
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North American king of the skies, powerful
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Moon Spirit
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Inuit spirit of fertility, moral propriety and animals
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Turtle
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North American spirit on whose back the world rests
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Mother Earth
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North American all-powerful nurturer
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Raven
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North American Pacific cultural hero and sometimes trickster
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Coyote
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North American Plains cultural hero and trickster
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In the Inuit myth, "The Origin of the Sea Spirit," a young girl is forced by her father to marry a...
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dog
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In the Siberian myth of the two moons and two suns, the cooking and reconstitution of the hero are signs of...
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Shaman initiation
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The Siberian myth of the elk and Main attempts to explain...
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night and day
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In the Siberian myth, "The Shaman and the Police Chief," the shaman was sentenced to hard labor...
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cutting wood
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Which of these is not a North American myth of the origins of humanity?
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The supreme being created the first man from mud, and the first woman from his rib
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The North American myth on the origin of death explains it as...
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an argument between Wolf and Coyote
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The North American myth of the theft of fire uses which living being to steal it?
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spider
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The North American myth of the origins of corn explains that...
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an old woman rubbed it from the sides of her body
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The North American myth of "Great Hare's Painful Lesson" involved which part of his anatomy?
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his anus
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The North American Algonquin myth of Glooskamp and Summer explains...
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the seasons
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The North American myth about the twin boys and Talking God explains...
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a curing ceremony
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The North American myth of "Coyote and the Gian" illustrates Coyote's...
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cunning
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The aspects of the North American Lakota spirit, Wakan Tanka, include all of these except...
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one god
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The North American Lakota myth about the sacred pipe involves...
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all of the above!
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All of these are types of totem poles of the Northwest North Americans except...
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combination poles
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