What was the significance of slave folktales and songs that used animals symbolically? (Select all that apply)
A) The animals portrayed were esteemed in slave religion.
B) Their message was to teach the young to survive in a hostile world.
C) The stories were designed to entertain children who found animals more interesting than humans.
D) The stories symbolized the predicaments that enslaved people faced.
E) The characters were based on the animals that the ancestors of enslaved people encountered in Africa.