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Coyote and Hell-Dive
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is "How Coyote Stole Fire" meant to describe? | How humans got fire. |
| Why was it important for humans to learn how to use fire? | During the cold winter months, many would die due to the cold. |
| How did humans describe fire before learning about it? | "If only we have had a small piece of the sun in our teepees..." |
| Who helped receive the fire for the humans? Why was this significant? | The Coyote. It had no need for fire, so his act was out of pure empathy for the humans. He felt sorry for the people, so he wanted to help them find a way to survive the winter. |
| Where did the Coyote find the fire? | With the Fire Beings on top of a mountain. |
| Why didn't the Fire Beings want to let humans have fire? | "...[they feared] that man might somehow acquire it and become as strong as they." -Considered selfish by the Coyote. |
| Why was the Coyote able to take the fire? | The Fire Beings underestimated the Coyote and didn't see it as a threat. While at first they suspected a thief, they ignored the Coyote once they realized it wasn't a human. |
| What way did the Coyote find to (most effectively) steal the fire? | Wait until the Fire Beings switched positions at night so he could sneak in between the turns. The second Fire Being was slow to head to it's shift, so it left plenty of time for the Coyote to steal the fire. |
| True or false: the Fire Beings were careless with the fire. How is this proven to be true or false? | False. They would feed it pine cones and dry branches, however they would prevent the fire from reaching outward to any other pieces of land. They also took turns switching out so one was always on watch. |
| How was the Coyote affected by his endeavor? | One Fire Being touched the top of the Coyote's tail, enough to turn the hairs white, which is why Coyote's tails are now white at the end. |
| What was the first animal (besides the Coyote) to be affected by the Coyote's fight for fire? | The squirrel. It caught the fire and put the fire on it's back. It scorched it's back so bad that it's tail curled up and back. |
| What was the second animal to be affected by the Coyote's fight for fire? | The chipmunk. It carried the fire from the squirrel and waited until the Fire Beings were close to run. Then one Being clawed at it, tearing down the length of it's back and leaving three stripes. |
| What was the third animal to be affected by the Coyote's fight for fire? | The frog. One being grabbed for it's tail, however it was able to leap away and break itself free from it's tail, which is why frog's are tailless today. |
| What happened after the frog received the fire? | The frog threw the fire onto the wood, and the wood swallowed it. The Fire Beings couldn't figure out how to get it out, so they gave up and headed back to the mountain top. |
| How was the Coyote able to get the fire? | By rubbing two dry sticks together, and spinning a sharpened stick in a whole made in another piece of wood. |
| How is Manabozho first described? How are these traits used? | Tired and hungry. -He's going to have himself a feast. |
| How did the "Manabozho tree" receive it's name? | Manabozho entered the brush and hung his medicine bag on the tree. |
| What were the swans and ducks first reaction to Manabozho? | They were frightened and moved away from the shore. |
| What does Manabozho tell the birds he's going to do? What happens next? | He's going to sing a song, then invites the birds to join him. |
| What are the rules to singing the songs? | Manabozho would drum while the birds danced and sang around him. -They must sing as loudly as possible. -They must keep their eyes closed. |
| What would happen to the first bird who opened it's eyes? | "The first one to open his eyes will forever have them red and sore." |
| What happened while the birds were singing? | Manabozho would grab and kill the bird, and once they screamed he would play it off as them "singing loudly". |
| Who was the first bird to open it's eyes? Why? | The "Hell-Diver" opened it's eyes as the singing became quieter. |
| What happened to the Hell-Diver? | It was a poor runner, so Manabozho caught up quickly. While Manabozho didn't kill the bird, he did curse it to have red eyes and be the "laughing-stock of all birds". He also kicked the bird, causing it's tail to fall off. |
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OliviaRoark