LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the sky
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the sea
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the earth
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the turtle
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Detailed explanation-1: -“The Sky Tree” shows animals being involved in everyday life. All the animals including, “Beaver, mink, muskrat brought up paw full of soil and placed on turtle ‘s back until they had made an island”(20). The earth was formed from the animals.
Detailed explanation-2: -In “The Sky Tree”, a creation myth (an earth diver myth), Aataentsic (At-tent-sick) (the Earth Mother) cuts down the SkyTree (the Tree of Life) because her ailing husband, the chief (the Great Spirit) of Sky Land (Heaven or the Garden of Eden) asks her for the tree’s healing fruit.
Detailed explanation-3: -summary: In this Huron creation myth, the Sky Tree provides food for the people of Sky Land. To cure the ailing chief of Sky Land, his wife, Aataentsic, cuts down the Sky Tree, which falls through a hole in the sky. Because the tree is the source of life, Aataentsic jumps after it.
Detailed explanation-4: -It taught the natives where trees and land came from. It teaches the sacrifices we make for the ones we love.