Question

Which sentence in the story best indicates that it is an emergence creation story? In the beginning all men lived together in the lowest depths, in a region of darkness and moisture; their bodies were misshapen and horrible, and they suffered great misery. By appealing to Myuingwa (a vague conception of the god of the interior) and Baholinkonga (plumed serpent of enormous size, genius of water) their old men obtained a seed from which sprang a magic growth of cane. The cane grew to miraculous height and penetrated through a crevice in the roof overhead, and mankind climbed to a higher plane. Here was dim light and some vegetation. Another magic cane brought them to a higher plane, with more light and vegetation, and here was the creation of the animal kingdom. Singing was always the chief magic for creating anything. In like manner, they rose to the fourth stage or Earth; some say by a pine tree, others say through the hollow cylinder of a great reed or rush. This development was accompanied by singing—some say by the Magic Twins, the two little war gods; others say by the mockingbird. At any rate, it is important to observe that when the song ran out, no more people could get through and many had to remain behind. However, the outlet through which man came has never been closed, and Myuingwa sends through it the germs of all living things.

Answer 1

The correct answer is indeed C: Another magic cane brought them to a higher plane, with more light and vegetation, and here was the creation of the animal kingdom.

Indeed, Pueblo Indians believed that in the center of the Earth was Myuingwa, the Creator God of the Interior and that during creation he allowed the first men to move up through Earth’s crust all the way to the surface in order to be part of his Creation. The line mentions light (the sun), vegetation (the flora), and the literal creation of the animals (the fauna). In Pueblo religion, the earth was divided into several levels, each one containing a part of the Creation. The first lower levels were occupied by the god and the humans, the upper levels contained the light, the air, the wind and the final levels contained the plants and the animals.

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Answer 2

i think the answer is c