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Myths and legends of Alaska,
Title:
Myths and legends of Alaska,
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selected and ed. by Katharine Berry Judson ...
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Publication Information:
Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1911.
Physical Description:
xv, 17-148, [1] pages frontispiece, plates 23 cm
Abstract:
Over 50 traditional myths and legends of the Eskimo, Tlingit, Tsetsaut, Tsimshian, Athapaskan, Haida, and Koryak tribes.
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Contents:
The Raven myth -- The flood -- The origin of the tides -- How the rivers were formed -- The origin of fire -- Duration of winter -- Raven's feast -- Creation of the porcupine -- How Raven taught the Chilkats -- Raven's marriage -- Raven and the seals -- Raven and pitch -- Raven's dancing blanket -- Raven and the gulls -- The land otter -- Raven and coot -- Raven and marmot -- The bringing of light by Raven -- Daylight on the Nass River -- The naming of the birds -- The origin of the winds -- Duration of life -- Ghost town -- How Raven stole the lake -- The killer whale -- Origin of the Chilkat blanket -- Origin of land and people -- Creation of the world -- Origin of mankind -- The first woman -- The first tears -- Origin of the winds -- Origin of the wind -- North Wind -- East Wind and North Wind -- Creation of the killer whale -- Future life -- The land of the dead -- The ghost land -- The sky country -- The lost light -- The chief in the moon -- The boy in the moon.

The meteor -- Sleep house -- Cradle song -- Proverbs -- How the fox became red -- Beaver and Porcupine -- The mark of the marten -- The wolves and the deer -- The camp robber -- The circling of cranes -- The last of the thunderbirds -- How the Kiksadi clan came to Sitka -- Origin of the grizzly bear crest -- Origin of the frog crest -- Origin of the beaver crest -- Origin of the killer whale crest -- The discontented grass plant -- The wind people -- Tricks of the fox.
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