Quiz one Navajo Creation Story

The four sacred sky colors of the earliest times included:

white for dawn, blue for day, yellow for evening, and black for night.

Why did the Water Monster send a wall of water or flood upon the men and women who had just reconciled?

When the people and Coyote went into the Water Monster's water dwelling to reclaim a kidnapped woman and two daughters, Coyote stole one of Water Monsters' children.

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Throughout the story, why does the number four come up so often, as in four examples of corruption, four sacred colors, four worlds, and Holy People appearing four times over four days, etc?

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Towards the end of the creation story, there are battles between the monsters and the people, and eventually only four monsters remained, named:

Old Age, Poverty, Hunger and Cold.

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Holy People were capable of good and evil, so they were exposed to what learning?

the terrible secrets of witchcraft

What was the perceived nature of the argument between the First Man and First Woman, which resulted in the men and women living separately for four years?

First Woman insulted First Man about his hunting skills.

The Nilch'i Dine'e were forced to leave the First World and fly to the Second World because:

Their adulterous behavior, for the fourth time, angered the First World water guardians.

What god told the Nilchi'i Dine'e that they smelled bad and had to purify themselves in order to help create people in more pleasing forms?

The Fire God, Hasche' lizhin, aka Black Body

The First Man and First Woman were created from _________ and named _______________, respectively.

buckskins and yellow and white ears of corn; Altse' Hastiin and Altse' Asdzaan

Why do scholars believe that the American southwest Navajo tribes share similar parts of language with the faraway Canadian and Alaskan tribes?

Canadian and Alaskan tribes migrated to the now-American Southwest sometime around the years 1000 to 1400 ad.

Where does the name "Navajo" orginate from?

The sixteenth century Spanish invaders called them Apachu de Nabajo, from "Apaches who cultivate fields."

What was the origin of Coyote and Badger?

After a period of peace and prosperity, the earth and sky came together and created Coyote and Badger.

What is a likely major theme of the Navajo creation story, according to Norton?

Harmony and balance is established among the gods, the people (especially husbands and wives), and all other emotional beings.

What represents the power of speech for the First Woman and First Man?

turquoise

In the beginning, the First World was inhabited inside with what creatures?

Nilch'i Dine'e and Hashch'eeh Dine'e