LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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theme
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memoir
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archetype
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paradox
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Detailed explanation-1: -picked out the deer antler, and with one touch he destroyed his brother. And the left-handed twin died, but he died and he didn’t die. The right-handed twin picked up the body and cast it off the edge of the earth. And some place below the world, the left-handed twin still lives and reigns.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why does the myth say that the left-handed twin “died and he didn’t die?” The myth says that he “died and he didn’t die” because it is impossible to completely destroy evil. The right-handed twin takes complete control over what? The right-handed twin takes complete control over the daylight realm.
Detailed explanation-3: -These two beings rule the world and keep an eye on the affairs of men. The right-handed twin, the Master of Life, lives in the Sky-World. He is content with the world he helped to create and with his favorite creatures, the humans. The scent of sacred tobacco rising from the earth comes gloriously to his nostrils.
Detailed explanation-4: -WORLD ON TURTLE: What happens to the left-handed twin after the duel? He dies, but still lives and reigns some place below the world.