ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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LITERATURE QUESTIONS

NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How was The Sky Tree passed on from generation to generation?
A
Oral tradition
B
Written in journals
C
Written in diaries
D
Shared on social media
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“The Sky Tree” shows animals being involved in everyday life. All the animals including, “Beaver, mink, muskrat brought up paw full of soil and placed on turtle ‘s back until they had made an island”(20). The earth was formed from the animals.

Detailed explanation-2: -“The Sky Tree” In “The Sky Tree”, a creation myth (an earth diver myth), Aataentsic (At-tent-sick) (the Earth Mother) cuts down the SkyTree (the Tree of Life) because her ailing husband, the chief (the Great Spirit) of Sky Land (Heaven or the Garden of Eden) asks her for the tree’s healing fruit.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most widely studied Native oral tradition is storytelling.

Detailed explanation-4: -It taught the natives where trees and land came from. It teaches the sacrifices we make for the ones we love.

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