Myths and legends of Alaska . nsaid, I have changed you into a white bear. How doyou like it? Man could not make a sound until Ravenwaved his wings over him. Then he said he did notlike it; if he was a bear he would have to live on thesea, while his son lived on land; so Man should feelbadly. Then Raven struck the white skin with hiswings and it fell off. So Man became himself Raven took the empty bearskin, and placed one ofhis own tail feathers inside it for a spine. Then hewaved his wing over it, and a white bear arose. Eversince then white bears have been found on the frozensea. R
Myths and legends of Alaska . nsaid, I have changed you into a white bear. How doyou like it? Man could not make a sound until Ravenwaved his wings over him. Then he said he did notlike it; if he was a bear he would have to live on thesea, while his son lived on land; so Man should feelbadly. Then Raven struck the white skin with hiswings and it fell off. So Man became himself Raven took the empty bearskin, and placed one ofhis own tail feathers inside it for a spine. Then hewaved his wing over it, and a white bear arose. Eversince then white bears have been found on the frozensea. Raven said, How many times did you turn over? Man said, Four. Raven said, You slept just four years. Then Raven made other animals. He made thea-mi-kuk, a large, slimy animal, with thick skin, andwith four long, wide-spreading arms. This is a fierceanimal and lives in the sea. It wraps its four long armsaround a man or a kayak and drags it under thewater. A man cannot escape it. If he climbs out of 27 o- -i O^. a > ^ n 2! a.
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