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Myths and Legends of Alaska

by Katharine Berry Judson

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Epigraph — The Raven Myth
  3. 3The Flood
  4. 4The Origin of the Tides
  5. 5How the Rivers Were Formed
  6. 6The Origin of Fire
  7. 7Duration of Winter
  8. 8Raven’s Feast
  9. 9Creation of the Porcupine
  10. 10How Raven Taught the Chilkats
  11. 11Raven’s Marriage
  12. 12Raven and the Seals
  13. 13Raven and Pitch
  14. 14Raven’s Dancing Blanket
  15. 15Raven and the Gulls
  16. 16The Land Otter
  17. 17Raven and Coot
  18. 18Raven and Marmot
  19. 19The Bringing of the Light by Raven
  20. 20Daylight on the Nass River
  21. 21The Naming of the Birds
  22. 22The Origin of the Winds
  23. 23Duration of Life
  24. 24Ghost Town
  25. 25How Raven Stole the Lake
  26. 26The Killer Whale
  27. 27Origin of the Chilkat Blanket
  28. 28Origin of Land and People
  29. 29Creation of the World
  30. 30Origin of Mankind
  31. 31The First Woman
  32. 32The First Tears
  33. 33Origin of the Winds
  34. 34Origin of the Wind
  35. 35North Wind
  36. 36East Wind and North Wind
  37. 37Creation of the Killer Whale
  38. 38Future Life
  39. 39The Land of the Dead
  40. 40The Ghost Land
  41. 41The Sky Country
  42. 42The Lost Light
  43. 43The Chief in the Moon
  44. 44The Boy in the Moon
  45. 45The Boy in the Moon
  46. 46The Meteor (?)
  47. 47Sleep House
  48. 48Cradle Song
  49. 49Proverbs
  50. 50How the Fox Became Red
  51. 51Beaver and Porcupine
  52. 52The Mark of the Marten
  53. 53The Wolves and the Deer
  54. 54The Camp Robber
  55. 55The Circling of Cranes
  56. 56The Last of the Thunderbirds
  57. 57How the Kiksadi Clan Came to Sitka
  58. 58Origin of the Grizzly Bear Crest
  59. 59Origin of the Frog Crest
  60. 60Origin of the Beaver Crest
  61. 61Origin of the Killer Whale Crest
  62. 62The Discontented Grass Plant
  63. 63The Wind People
  64. 64Tricks of the Fox

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