In one myth, the mother of these characters gets them to stop arguing by comparing them to a hard-boiled, a scrambled, and an over-easy egg. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these characters, who disappear one at a time in a Mohawk story. Stories about these characters often emphasized how their namesake plants went together.
ANSWER: Three Sisters [accept, BUT NOT REVEAL, squash AND beans AND corn; accept maize in place of corn]
[10e] In farming, the “Three Sisters” are squash, beans, and this crop. Many religions feature a “Maiden” or a “Mother” of this crop, which Squanto supposedly taught Pilgrims how to plant.
ANSWER: corn [or maize]
[10m] In this myth system, the gods created men out of white and yellow corn after failing to make them from clay and wood. Demons in this myth system include Seven Macaw.
ANSWER: Mayan mythology [accept K’iche’ or Ixli mythology]
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