LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the life-giving tree
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a poisonous fruit
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a woman falling from the sky
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None are correct
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Detailed explanation-1: -The tree in the Huron myth is an archetype-that of the life-giving tree.
Detailed explanation-2: -The archetype present in the text is the great tree. The great tree is where all the food in sky land comes from. The rooting of the tree represents rebirth and the tree will grow again and life will not end. In other words a “nurturer."
Detailed explanation-3: -“The Sky Tree” is a creation myth of the Huron-a Native American people of the eastern woodlands, the region around the Great Lakes and toward the Atlantic Ocean. It is considered a “creation myth” which portrays their belief of how people and land came to be.
Detailed explanation-4: –Some aspects of the setting in this myth that are archetypes are: Fruit, Talking Animals, The Tree of Life.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.