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Native American "Monsters"

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  • This aquatic, giant, snake-like monster is named after a lake in Montana.
    Flathead Lake Monster
  • The Teihiihan were a race of cannibalistic - dwarves, trolls or giants - who preyed on tribes living in the Plains.
    Dwarves
  • Two-Face is a monstrous being who murders his victims with his razor-sharp - hands, elbows or feet?
    Elbows
  • The Wendigo was a giant man-eating creature that was popular in Algonquin legend. True or False?
    True
  • The Piasa Bird was a mythological man-eating dragon that lived along which river in America - Nile, Mississippi or Rhine?
    Mississippi
  • This animal is most closely associated with the Skinwalkers because it is a "trickster."
    Coyote
  • It is said this animal was created from the eye of an evil witch.
    Owl
  • The Camazotz was a Maya God worshipped by pregnant women but feared by all others. What flying animal that usually lives in caves was it?
    A (death) bat
  • The Uktena was a horned water - serpent, fish, bird - in Cherokee legend that had poisonous breath.
    Serpent
  • What kind of "sickness" could someone get by not properly burying the dead?
    Ghost
  • In Navajo folklore if you see dust spinning in a - clockwise or counter-clockwise - direction you are in the presence of Dust Devils.
    Counter-clockwise
  • This giant cannibalistic creature from Algonquin legend preys on people who wander alone at night
    Windigo
  • What tribe tells the tale of the Skinwalkers?
    Navajo
  • A lesson from the Wendigo and Skinwalker tales are to not be selfish and greedy. True or False?
    True
  • Some mythological creatures are able to lure their victims through song: true or false?
    True
  • The - Deer, Elk, Caribou - Woman could lure those who had harmed women and children to their deaths.
    Deer
  • What season and what time did the Wendigo appear?
    In winter and at night
  • If someone killed a close friend or family member they could become what in Navajo legend?
    A Skinwalker
  • The Qalupalik was an Inuit Sea Monster that would snatch children if they got too close to what?
    The sea shore (water)
  • The - rock, tree or stick - people are said to be able to disorient wanderers in the woods with mind control powers and sometimes steal children.
    Stick
  • The Stiff-Legged - Moose, Wolf or Bear - was a giant carnivorous monster that terrified Native tribes in the Northeast
    Bear
  • The Native American "Voldemort" who wanted you to look at it so it could cut you had how many faces?
    Two
  • Skinwalkers attacked during the day and were from Abenaki legend. True or False.
    False
  • This flying body part is a cannibalistic monster seeking vengeance for the murders of elders.
    Flying Head