Myths and legends of Alaska . Copyrighted by 1-. II. A uivcli I SKIMO WOMAN FROM C\r i: PRINC-K OF \\ \i ES. Copyrighted by F. H. Xowcll FUR PARKAS WORN BY ESKIMO WOMEN MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ALASKA woman kept repeating, What low tide are youtalking about? Then Raven became angry. He said, I will stickthese sea urchins into you if you dont keep quiet. Atlast he did so. Then the woman began singing, Dont, Raven! Thetide will go down if you dont stop. But the water was receding, as Raven had told it to,in his magic words. Raven asked Eagle, who waswatching the tide, How far down is the tide now? T
Myths and legends of Alaska . Copyrighted by 1-. II. A uivcli I SKIMO WOMAN FROM C\r i: PRINC-K OF \\ \i ES. Copyrighted by F. H. Xowcll FUR PARKAS WORN BY ESKIMO WOMEN MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ALASKA woman kept repeating, What low tide are youtalking about? Then Raven became angry. He said, I will stickthese sea urchins into you if you dont keep quiet. Atlast he did so. Then the woman began singing, Dont, Raven! Thetide will go down if you dont stop. But the water was receding, as Raven had told it to,in his magic words. Raven asked Eagle, who waswatching the tide, How far down is the tide now? The tide is as far down as half a man. How far down is the tide? he asked again. The tide is very low, said Eagle. Then the old woman started her magic song again. Raven said, Let it get dry all around the world. After a while, Eagle said, The tide is very low can hardly see any water. Raven said, Let it get still drier. At last everything was dry. This is the lowest tidethere ever was. All the salmon, and whales, and sealslay on the sands because the water was so low. Thenthe people killed them
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