Read this excerpt from "The World on Turtle's Back." One day, when the girl had become a woman, a man appeared. No one knows whe
re this man came from. Perhaps he was sent from the Gods above. The girl was so filled with wonder to see this strange man, she lost her senses and fainted. The man yielded two very different arrows, and laid them across the body of the girl in opposite directions, then he disappeared. Which statement best describes the significance of the arrows? They represent the fact that the woman will die in childbirth. They represent a warning from the man to the woman. They represent the man’s intention to kill the woman. They represent the twins that the woman will bear.
They represent the twins that the woman will bear.
Explanation:
In "The World on Turtle's Back," we encounter a myth of the Iroquois culture. It is a creation myth, which means that it is a story that deals with the topic of creation. Creation myths are part of every culture, and they narrate how the world was created, as well as many natural and social phenomena. In this case, we learn that the fact that the man placed two different arrows across the body of the girl in opposite directions means that the woman will bear twins.
