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Read the passage from "The Raven and the First Men:
The Beginnings of the Haida
Once away from the Sky Chief, Raven released the
Sun from its confinement. Light shone across the
entire earth, illuminating mountains, rivers, and
oceans. Raven no longer had to fly through the dark.
What similarity between the two myths do these
passages illustrate?
O Both cultures thought sunlight was important.
• Both cultures thought courage was important.
Both cultures thought winning was important.
Both cultures thought nature was important.
But in Raven's travels, he saw that there was no one
to take care of the earth. He landed on a beach and
stopped to think about how to solve this problem
Read the passage from "The Maori: Genealogies and
Origins in New Zealand"
In a rage, Tu opened his mouth and ate his brothers to
punish them for their cowardice. TU's descendants
became the Maon, the humans who are able to master
anything that they decide to conquer the forest, the
Answer
The passages illustrate that both cultures thought nature was important.