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Myths and Legends of Alaska

Myths and Legends of Alaska

by Katharine Berry Judson

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Compiler
Judson, Katharine Berry, 1866-1929
Credits
Produced by Rachael Schultz, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
E011: History: America: America
Subject
Legends -- Alaska
Category
Text
eBook-No.
47146
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47146
Release Date
October 18, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ALASKA
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
  4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.THE RAVEN MYTH
  6. 6.THE FLOOD
  7. 7.THE ORIGIN OF THE TIDES
  8. 8.HOW THE RIVERS WERE FORMED
  9. 9.THE ORIGIN OF FIRE
  10. 10.DURATION OF WINTER
  11. 11.RAVEN’S FEAST
  12. 12.CREATION OF THE PORCUPINE
  13. 13.HOW RAVEN TAUGHT THE CHILKATS
  14. 14.RAVEN’S MARRIAGE
  15. 15.RAVEN AND THE SEALS
  16. 16.RAVEN AND PITCH
  17. 17.RAVEN’S DANCING BLANKET
  18. 18.RAVEN AND THE GULLS
  19. 19.THE LAND OTTER
  20. 20.RAVEN AND COOT
  21. 21.RAVEN AND MARMOT
  22. 22.THE BRINGING OF THE LIGHT BY RAVEN
  23. 23.DAYLIGHT ON THE NASS RIVER
  24. 24.THE NAMING OF THE BIRDS
  25. 25.THE ORIGIN OF THE WINDS
  26. 26.DURATION OF LIFE
  27. 27.GHOST TOWN
  28. 28.HOW RAVEN STOLE THE LAKE
  29. 29.THE KILLER WHALE
  30. 30.ORIGIN OF THE CHILKAT BLANKET [3]
  31. 31.ORIGIN OF LAND AND PEOPLE
  32. 32.CREATION OF THE WORLD
  33. 33.ORIGIN OF MANKIND
  34. 34.THE FIRST WOMAN
  35. 35.THE FIRST TEARS
  36. 36.ORIGIN OF THE WINDS
  37. 37.ORIGIN OF THE WIND
  38. 38.NORTH WIND
  39. 39.EAST WIND AND NORTH WIND
  40. 40.CREATION OF THE KILLER WHALE
  41. 41.FUTURE LIFE
  42. 42.THE LAND OF THE DEAD
  43. 43.THE GHOST LAND
  44. 44.THE SKY COUNTRY
  45. 45.THE LOST LIGHT
  46. 46.THE CHIEF IN THE MOON
  47. 47.THE BOY IN THE MOON
  48. 48.THE BOY IN THE MOON
  49. 49.THE METEOR (?)
  50. 50.SLEEP HOUSE
  51. 51.CRADLE SONG [4]
  52. 52.PROVERBS
  53. 53.HOW THE FOX BECAME RED
  54. 54.BEAVER AND PORCUPINE
  55. 55.THE MARK OF THE MARTEN
  56. 56.THE WOLVES AND THE DEER
  57. 57.THE CAMP ROBBER [12]
  58. 58.THE CIRCLING OF CRANES
  59. 59.THE LAST OF THE THUNDERBIRDS
  60. 60.HOW THE KIKSADI CLAN CAME TO SITKA
  61. 61.ORIGIN OF THE GRIZZLY BEAR CREST
  62. 62.ORIGIN OF THE FROG CREST
  63. 63.ORIGIN OF THE BEAVER CREST
  64. 64.ORIGIN OF THE KILLER WHALE CREST
  65. 65.THE DISCONTENTED GRASS PLANT
  66. 66.THE WIND PEOPLE
  67. 67.TRICKS OF THE FOX

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