1. What is the setting of this myth?
2. Describe the Great Tree.
3. Using lines 46-62, consider the role that “all the creatures” play in this myth. What does this suggest about the
Iroquois’ attitude toward animals?
4. Family Tree
5. The author writes that there “could be no peace between” the unborn twins. Symbolically, what might this
conflict between the twins represent?
6. How do the opposing efforts of the twins create balance in the world? Give specific examples.
The World on the Turtle’s Back
