Answer: B. Understanding the cultural context helps a reader better understand a myth or epic.
Most myths and epics are deeply influenced by the cultural context of the place they come from. Myths usually reflect the values and principles that a particular culture appreciates or rejects. Therefore, knowing more about a particular culture can help the reader better understand an epic or myth. Learning about the culture can provide insight into the people and allow readers to better understand the cultural elements of the story.
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Explanation:\
While it may be mostly Pagans who celebrate the Yule holiday today, nearly all cultures and faiths have held some sort of winter solstice celebration or festival. Because of the theme of endless birth, life, , and rebirth, the time of the solstice is often associated with deity and other legendary figures. No matter which path you follow, chances are good that one of your gods or goddesses has a winter solstice connection.
Alcyone (Greek)
Alcyone is the Kingfisher goddess. She nests every winter for two weeks, and while she does, the wild seas become calm and peaceful. Alcyone was one of the seven sisters of the Pleiades.
Ameratasu (Japan)
In feudal Japan, worshipers celebrated the return of Ameratasu, the sun goddess, who slept in a cold, remote cave. When the other gods woke her with a loud celebration, she looked out of the cave and saw an image of herself in a mirror. The other gods convinced her to emerge from her seclusion and return sunlight to the universe. According to Mark Cartwright at Ancient History Encyclopedia,
"[S]he blocked herself in a cave following an argument with Susanoo when he surprised the goddess with a monstrous flayed horse when she was quietly weaving in her palace with her younger sister Waka-hiru-me. As a consequence of Amaterasu’s disappearance the world was cast in total darkness and evil spirits ran riot over the earth. The gods tried all manner of ways to persuade the peeved goddess to leave the cave. On the advice of Omohi-Kane, s were set outside the cave in the hope their crows would make the goddess think that dawn had come."
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Answer: a.Squire Trelawney told them.
Explanation:
''Treasure Island'' is a short story written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1881 and it is describing the days of pirates, ships and ordinary people that decided to go on an adventure in search of the buried treasure of Captain Flint.
- Jim was the one who had found the map but he gave it to Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey and they found out that the map is showing where the treasure is buried.
- They decided to follow the map and find it, so they invited Jim and they also invited the crew to come with them. The crew was led by Captain Smollet.
Answer:
part time
Explanation:
all the other ones are important
