Answer:
He adds comic asides to make the story humorous
World parent because it has a Mother earth and a Father sky
The correct answer is supernatural events and characters.
An epic is usually a very long poem which talks about heroes and their majestic deeds. Often, there appear some supernatural beings, gods, and epic things happen throughout the poem. Everyday events and casual writing style are usually avoided in epics, and human characters are not the only characters, as I already mentioned.