Reading Notes: Alaska Part B

Origin of the Chilkat Blanket

• Woman, daughter of the chief, marries a man from the bear tribe.
• She escapes and marries the god of the sea.

The First Woman

• The first woman was pulled into two separate women.
• This is why women of the north are skilled with their hands and women of the south are great dancers.

Origin of the Winds

• A magic doll was carved
• The movement of this doll in the sky produced wind

The Land of the Dead

• Woman finds out firsthand what happens when she dies.
• Is guided by her late grandfather around the land of the dead

Cradle Song

• Sort of unclear
• General idea is surviving in the rough climate
• Father returns to his family

The Wolves and the Deer

• Wolves ate the Deer after realizing they did not have strong teeth

The Discontented Grass Plant

• The story of how wolverines and gray wolves came to wander in the same country, but never together

Tricks of the Fox

• Fox was thrown on an island for tricking the eagle
• Fox made it back by tricking the fish, claiming he would count them as they guided him ack to his home.
• He did not count and left. That's all.

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Bibliography: This story is part of the Alaskan Legends unit. Story source: Myths and Legends of Alaska, edited by Katharine Berry Judson (1911).