ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -In the creation stories of the Lenape and Iroquois people, the Earth is created as soil is piled on the back of a great sea turtle that continues to grow until it is carrying the entire world. Many indigenous tribes in North America refer to the continent as Turtle Island to this day.

Detailed explanation-3: -How do the twins bring balance and order to the world? The left twin made an animal for every animal that the right twin made to eat that animal, therefor to keep balance.

Detailed explanation-4: -What are the two ways of the world that the twins represent? The right-handed twin represents life, light, and day, while the left-handed twin represents war, torture, men, death, and night.