Question

According to the observations that Washington Matthews made of Navajo songs, which of the following reasons is most likely the purpose of “Twelfth Song of Thunder”? to ask the gods for wealth and material items to heal the sick people within the community to welcome visitors and travelers to ask for a gift, such as rain, from nature

Answer 1

Answer:

To ask for a gift, such as rain, from nature.

Explanation:

The song "Twelfth Song of Thunder" is a Navajo song celebrating the sky, the land, and everything about the earth. It is also chanted during the Navajo Mountain Chant ceremony/ ritual.

This chant/ song is sung as a prayer to please the gods and ask for their blessings. It asks for a gift of nature, more specifically the rains which they require for their plants. For them, nature and depending on the divine was everything, with their livelihood depending on the providence of the gods.

Thus, the correct answer is the last option.

Answer 2

Explanation:

D. To ask for a gift, such as rain, from nature.

Answer:

Well the Navajo people are obsessed with the elegance of nature and the poem talks about the voice above and the voice below blessing their nature and they dance for prayers asking for things like rain though, this may seem more like gods than nature, option d. is still the best choice.