LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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in the sky
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under the ocean
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on the earth
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underground
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -It taught the natives where trees and land came from. It teaches the sacrifices we make for the ones we love.
Detailed explanation-3: -“The Sky Tree” reveals beliefs about nature, complex religious beliefs and strong social value. “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).
Detailed explanation-4: -After they mention the sky world, the iroquois describe this Great Tree in the middle of the Sky World, similar to the The Tree of Knowledge in Genesis. Adam and Eve were forbidden to touch this tree as well as the pregnant woman and her husband were not allowed to touch the Great Tree.