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Read the following excerpt from the sacred Maya book Popol Vuh. Note that in the excerpt, the Maya forefathers are talking to the animals they just
created
Then they the Maya forefathers) said to them (the animals): "Because it has not been possible for you to talk, you shall be changed. We have
changed our minds Your food, your pasture, your homes, and your nests you shall have;
they shall be the ravines and the woods, because it
has not been possible for you to adore us or invoke us. There shall be those who adore us, we
shall make other (beings) who shall be obedient
Accept your destiny: your flesh shall be torn to pieces. So shall it be. This shall be
your lot. So they said, when they made known their will to the
large and small animals which are on the face of the earth
What can you most reasonably conclude about the Maya belief system from the excerpt?
OA. They believed that animals were wicked and ungrateful creatures
OB. They believed that humans were the civilized descendants of animals
OC. They believed that animals had to be sacrificed for the greater good
OD. They believed that it was the fate of animals to be hunted and eaten
OE. They believed that humans were a gentler species compared to animals.