Question

Read this quotation from "The World on Turtle's Back." The woman placed the dirt on Turtle's back and performed a ritual to create the earth. She walked around the dirt in the direction of the sun until the earth grew large enough. Then she planted the roots from the Great Tree and continued her ritual to keep the earth growing. Like the sun she kept moving around the earth, in the same direction the people still do in dance rituals today. The main purpose of this quotation is to emphasize the importance of rituals in everyday life. prove that animals played a major role in the creation of the Earth. show why dancers move from east to west in rituals. describe the Iroquois belief of how the Earth was created.

Answer 1

I believe the correct answer is D. describe the Iroquois belief of how the Earth was created. For the Iroquois, there was no reason to explain the importance of rituals. Also, as animists, they didn't need a special elaboration as to why animals are important or why they had a crucial role in the Earth's creation. This is just an authentic myth that explains the creation of the Earth. Every culture has produced creation myths.

Answer 2

Answer: describe the Iroquois belief of how the Earth was created.

A creation myth is a story by which a culture explains the origin of the world. "The World on Turtle's Back" is a creation myth of the Iroquois people of North America. This is clear from the excerpt as it states that the woman placed dirt on the Turtle's back and performed a ritual to create the earth.