The point the story is trying to get across; the central message

Read the excerpt from "the blackfeet creation." how do readers know that this excerpt is from a myth? the excerpt describes an animal called a muskrat. the excerpt describes old man drying the mud. the excerpt describes old man scattering mud over water. the excerpt describes how muskrat create land.

How do the authors differ in the way they present the war in "facing it" and "ambush"?

The reader can conclude that the passage is part of an epic poem because rama