LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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“This fourth world they called Hahjeenah.”
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“After that five little whirlwinds were sent up ____ “
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“Then all the storms went below to the third world ____ “
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“Then the cyclones blew until they had dried the mud.”
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“When he reached the hole, he tried to jump onto the crust ____ “
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Holy People then began journeying through the different worlds, learning important lessons in each one before moving on to the next. The fourth and final world is the world in which the Navajo live in now.
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.