ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which group worshiped many gods and had a close relationship with nature?
A
Explorers
B
Settlers
C
Puritans
D
Native Americans
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Atira (Pawnee atíraʼ [ətíɾəʔ]), literally “our mother” or “Mother (vocative)” is the title of the earth goddess (among others) in the Native American Pawnee tribal culture.

Detailed explanation-2: -Polytheism means believing in many gods. A person that believes in polytheism is called a polytheist. A religion with polytheism can be called a polytheistic religion. Polytheism is well documented in historical religions of classical antiquity, especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is called animism. So for them tree is to be worship”.

Detailed explanation-4: -Common to most nature religions is some variant of animism, a belief in spiritual beings and/or forces in nature.

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