Question

this story comes from several native american nations. once sun and moon lived together. the sun went to go hunting, but was gone a long time. his sister, moon, went into the sky to look for him. she traveled twenty days looking, but finally sun returned. the suns sister still comes into the sky and travels for twenty days. then she dies and is not seen for four days. what is this myth meant to explain? 1 where the sun went when it was away for so long 2 why the moon is in the sky on most nights but gone on others 3 how the moon and sun are alike and how they are different

Explanation:

The myth describes the Moon (Sun's sister) traveling for twenty days and then not being seen for four days. This aligns with explaining the moon's presence (twenty days) and absence (four days) in the sky, matching option 2. Option 1 focuses on the Sun's whereabouts (not the myth's main explanation), and option 3 is about comparing Sun and Moon (not the myth's purpose).

Answer:

1. why the moon is in the sky on most nights but gone on others