Question

Joshua read two transgression myths—myths in which a character violates an important societal rule.

In the first myth, the character who commits this transgression is killed by the gods. In the second myth, the character becomes the father of a cursed race of people.

Joshua needs to compare and contrast these two myths. He has written that “transgressors are punished.” Which of the following can be said to be true of this observation?

It applies to neither myth.
It applies to the first myth only.
It applies to the second myth only.
It applies to both myths.