LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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their leader
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the earth
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the animals
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the sun
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the moon
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Detailed explanation-1: -In “The Osage Creation Account, ” who did the people first ask about their origin? They asked their parents, the sun and the moon.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Osages, Dhegiha Siouan speakers, believed in the beginning that there was chaos in the universe. Amid the chaos, the all-powerful, mysterious, and invisible life force, Wakonda, created order by organizing the universe into air, land, and water, creating the Middle Waters.
Detailed explanation-4: -Navajo origin stories begin with a First World of darkness (Nihodilhil). From this Dark World the Dine began a journey of emergence into the world of the present. It had four corners, and over these appeared four clouds. These four clouds contained within themselves the elements of the First World.
Detailed explanation-5: -According to the Navajo, only the Creator knows where the beginning is. The Creator had a thought that created Light in the East. Then the thought went South to create Water, West to create Air, and North to create Pollen from emptiness. This Pollen became Earth.