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Title: Myths and legends of Alaska
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Judson, Katharine Berry
Subjects: Indian mythology -- Alaska Indians of North America -- Alaska Legends -- Alaska
Publisher: Chicago : A.C. McClurg & co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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urface of the water. ButRaven flew to the very highest cloud and hung there byhis bill. But his tail was in the water. After Raven had hung in the cloud for days and days— nobody knows how long — he pulled his bill out andprayed to fall on a piece of kelp. He thought the wa-ter had gone down. When Raven fell upon the kelpand flew away he found the waters just half-way downthe mountains. Raven flew around until he met a shark, which hadbeen swimming around with a long stick. Raven tookthe stick and climbed down it as a ladder to the bottomof the ocean. But Raven had set Eagle to watch thetide. Raven wandered around the bottom of the oceanuntil he came to an old woman. He said to her, Howcold I am after eating those sea urchins. He repeatedthis over and over again. At last the woman said, What low tide is thisRaven talking about? * Raven did not answer. The 1 In these Northern myths, questions and answers have no relationto each other. Such speeches are regarded as magic sayings. 34
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