ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The turtle in the story shows intelligence by suggesting that the Earth be placed on his back. All the other animals did not have an idea of where to place the Earth. In fact, the turtle’s back was the perfect place. “The tiny bit of Earth fell on the back of the turtle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some of the animals held her above the Water and Earth until Earth was brought by the muskrat to be placed on the turtles back where she finally lived.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -In Hindu mythology, the earth is supported by four elephants standing on the back of a turtle. The Hindu deity Vishnu was reincarnated as the turtle Kachhapa that carried the weight of the world on its back.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.