Why was the mudfish sacred to the Benin tribe?

What will be an ideal response?


The Benin saw the mudfish as a symbol of both transformation (it lies dormant all summer on dry mudflats and is seemingly "reborn" each fall when the rains come) and power (it can deliver strong electric shocks and possesses fatal spines).

Art & Culture

You might also like to view...

Introduction is played on the

A. rebab (fiddle). B. kettle drums. C. kettle gongs. D. zither.

Art & Culture

What is the purpose of the text of “Shizhané’é” (CD 1:8)?

What will be an ideal response?

Art & Culture

Compared to Roman mosaics, Early Christian mosaics were more __________

a. colorful b. round c. flat d. luminous

Art & Culture

The first jazz composer was

a. Scott Joplin. b. Louis Armstrong. c. Bix Beiderbecke. d. Jelly Roll Morton.

Art & Culture