My First Blog

A long time ago, the world was populated with only one woman among a world full of thousands of men. Rumor spread that there was a beautiful woman in the area and all of the men went out to search for this unfamiliar creature. One of the young men in the north land traveled east in pursuit of the lone woman. He traveled to her house and married her. However, the son of the headsmen was also traveling east and also found the house of the woman sometime later. The two men fought for some time before the intruder, the son of the headsmen, began to gain the upper hand. The son of the headsman was about to end the husband's life until the wife begged him to stop. The wife offered a compromise. The two stopped fighting so that they could listen to her proposition. The woman offered up an idea to split herself in half so that the two men could both be happy, and keep their lives. She claimed that for the half of her that the men did not receive could be replaced by clay, and would give ...

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...

The Raven Myth Man fell from beach tree pod Raven gave him berries Man drank from the pool Learning to be a human The raven would pull up his beak and talk to the man  Raven is the creator of the other animals as man molds them from clay Raven made a companion for the man Raven made more people, teaching them how to hunt Raven also planted trees Taught man how to make fire The Flood Raven became angry Raven decided to flood the land Stabbed woman with sea urchins to make tides recede The people did not change Raven's marriage Raven married a geese  Tried to live as a goose with her Could not keep up with the pack and dried up Raven and Marmot Raven blocked Marmot's house Marmot tricked Raven into dancing so he could slip between his legs and be safe Marmot mocked Raven and called him a fool The Bringing of the Light by Raven The sun rising and setting is really raven carrying light He stole it from a man who attacked the village ...