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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."
Answer:
3, "that I passed out today".
Explanation:
The lines which demonstrate a manner of speaking appropriate are lines 408 to 412.
Answer: Option 4.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The context has been taken from "The Nun's Priest's Tale". It is a narrative poem which was composed in the early time period of 1390s. This poem is a mock epic and beast fable. This poem is based on an incident that took place in the Reynard cycle. The poet of this poem is Geoffrey Chaucer who was a poet of the Middle English.
The lines in the poem which demonstrate a manner of speaking more appropriate to a far more serious and tragic content are the lines from 408 to 412 out of the 626 lines in the poem.
Answer:
The rhyme scheme of the second quatrain is cdcd
