LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Badger pulled it off.
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The wind blew it away.
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It got lost in the dust-storm.
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Begochiddy threw it into a hole.
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The gods used it to create Earth.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Traditional Navajos believe the Diné Bahane’1 or the “Navajo creation story” and journey narrative was given to the Navajo people by the Holy Beings. Changing Woman is the Holy Being that created the four original clans of the Navajo and saved humans from the monsters that were destroying the earth.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the Emergence, the Navajo creation story, First Man took four stones-jet, which represents black; white shell, which symbolizes white; turquoise, which is tied to blue; and abalone, which represents yellow-and placed them at the four directions.
Detailed explanation-3: -A major example of this is the origin of humans. In the Osage Creation Account, humans reside in the sky until the mythical Elk helps the human rid water from the landmasses that they would eventually inhabit.