Question

Read the passage from “The Beginnings of the Maasai.”

Our relationship with Enkai is essential to the tribe. Enkai is neither male nor female. The sky god is powerful, but can change from nurturing to vengeful depending on our behavior. Sometimes Enkai is Enkai Narok, the Black God, happy with us and blanketing the sky with dark clouds that pour out rain to nourish the plains. When angry, though, Enkai becomes Enkai Nonyokie—the Red God. In these times, the sun grows incredibly hot until the earth dries up and becomes barren. Because of this, we work to keep Enkai happy.

Why is this excerpt a good example of a feature often found in a myth?

Answer 1

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The last one is question or it is also part of passage

Answer 2

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• We must know that a myth contains gods, demigods or supernatural humans. They perform unheard activities which have influence on what is going around.

• In the given context, Enkai is mentioned to be the powerful sky god. Enkai is neither male nor female.

• However Enkai can become Black God and Red God on different occasions.

• It is clear that the excerpt deals with gods and their supernatural abilities.

• In that point, this excerpt is a good example of a feature often found in a myth.