According to the Abenaki creation myth,Tabaldak first created the Abenakis from stone,and then from living wood.What light does this story shed on the function of myths?
A) Myths tell actual history;the Abenakis believe that they were originally made of wood.
B) Myths provide knowledge of woodworking and stonemasonry to the Abenakis.
C) Myths provide entertainment;the Abenakis like to tell this story to gullible anthropologists.
D) Myths express a culture's worldview;the Abenakis see themselves as belonging to the world of living things rather than to the world of stone.
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