In the Cherokee version of the “Creator’s Game” tale, bat and flying squirrel receive their aerial attributes during this “great ballgame” between the animals and the birds. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this dual-wielding activity, whose pre-game rituals saw participants “go to the water” with a shaman before receiving 300 ritualistic cuts meant to secure victory. This activity, which the Cherokee called anetsa, was used to settle minor disputes in order to dissuade war.
ANSWER: Indigenous North American stickball [or ishtaboli; prompt on, but DO NOT REVEAL, lacrosse]
[10e] The Iroquois legend of the Creator’s Game more closely resembles this other sport derived from stickball. Ireland withdrew from this sport’s 2022 World Games to allow the Haudenoasunee to compete.
ANSWER: lacrosse [or Ddehoñtjihgwa’és]
[10m] In one tale, this culture hero introduces lacrosse to the Wabanaki after defeating the wizard Winpe. In another tale, this figure defeats a giant frog that consumed the world’s water supply.
ANSWER: Glooscap [or Glooskap, Gluskabe, Gluskabi, Kluskap, Kloskomba, or Gluscab]
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