Myths and Legends of Alaska

by Katharine Berry Judson

Culture & Heritage Fiction Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

64 chapters2h 39mEnglish1911

About this book

Editor Katharine Berry Judson collates and presents a narrative history of Alaskan Myths. Originally gathered and recorded by government ethnologists, she paints an overall picture of Alaskan history as told by its many tribes. From the Eskimo to the Tlingit, from the Tsetsaut to the Haida, the origin of the still-wild state begins with the great Bird (often called "Raven") and branches out, through its legends, in wonderful and amazing directions. (Summary by John N. Daily)

Chapters (63)

1The Raven Myth (Eskimo)

1275

2The Flood (Tlingit)

265

3The Origin of the Tides (Tsetsaut)

124

4How the Rivers were Formed (Tlingit)

5The Origin of Fire (Tlingit)

6Duration of Winter (Tlingit)

7Raven’s Feast (Tlingit)

115

8Creation of the Porcupine (Tlingit)

9How Raven Taught the Chilkats (Tlingit)

10Raven’s Marriage (Eskimo)

395

11Raven and the Seals (Tsimshian)

123

12Raven and Pitch (Tsimshian)

142

13Raven’s Dancing Blanket (Tsimshian)

14Raven and the Gulls (Tsimshian)

15The Land Otter (Tlingit)

16Raven and Coot (Athapascan)

17Raven and Marmot (Eskimo)

168

18The Bringing of the Light by Raven (Eskimo)

311

19Daylight on the Nass River (Tlingit)

115

20The Naming of the Birds (Tlingit)

210

21The Origin of the Winds (Tlingit)

22Duration of Life (Tlingit)

23Ghost Town (Tlingit)

24How Raven Stole the Lake (Haida)

182

25The Killer Whale (Haida)

26Origin of the Chilkat Blanket (Tsimshian)

264

27Origin of Land and People (Eskimo)

28Creation of the World (Athapascan)

29Origin of Mankind (Eskimo)

30The First Woman (Eskimo)

129

31The First Tears (Eskimo)

117

32Origin of the Winds (Eskimo)

343

33Origin of the Wind (Athapascan)

34North Wind (Tlingit)

35East Wind and North Wind (Tlingit)

36Creation of the Killer Whale (Tlingit)

100

37Future Life (Tlingit)

38The Land of the Dead (Eskimo)

165

39The Ghost Land (Tlingit)

169

40The Sky Country (Tlingit)

119

41The Lost Light (Eskimo)

233

42The Chief in the Moon (Eskimo)

43The Boy in the Moon (Eskimo)

102

44The Boy in the Moon (Athapascan)

45The Meteor(?) (Tsetsaut)

46Sleep House (Tlingit)

47Cradle Song (Koyukun)

154

48Proverbs (Tsimshian)

49How the Fox became Red (Athapascan)

50Beaver and Porcupine (Tsimshian)

426

51The Mark of the Marten (Athapascan)

52The Wolves and the Deer (Tsimshian)

105

53The Camp Robber (Athapascan)

54The Circling of Cranes (Eskimo)

55The Last of the Thunderbirds (Eskimo)

158

56How the Kiksadi Clan Came to Sitka (Tlingit)

104

57Origin of the Grizzly Bear Crest (Tlingit)

58Origin of the Frog Crest (Tlingit)

59Origin of the Beaver Crest (Tlingit)

60Origin of the Killer Whale Crest (Tlingit)

132

61The Discontented Grass Plant (Eskimo)

376

62The Wind People (Koryak)

63Tricks of the Fox (Koryak)

130

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