Myths and legends of Alaska . MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ALASKA DURATION OF LIFE TI in git (Wrangell) RWEN-AT-THE-HEAD-OF-NASS tried tomake human beings, at the same time, out of arock and out of a leaf. But he created humanbeings out of the leaf first. Then Raven showed a leafto people. He said, You see this leaf. You are tobe like it. When it falls off the branch and rots thereis nothing left of it. That is why there is death in the world. If men hadcome from the hard rocks there would be no ago, when people were getting old, they wouldsay, It is unlucky that we did not come from the r
Myths and legends of Alaska . MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ALASKA DURATION OF LIFE TI in git (Wrangell) RWEN-AT-THE-HEAD-OF-NASS tried tomake human beings, at the same time, out of arock and out of a leaf. But he created humanbeings out of the leaf first. Then Raven showed a leafto people. He said, You see this leaf. You are tobe like it. When it falls off the branch and rots thereis nothing left of it. That is why there is death in the world. If men hadcome from the hard rocks there would be no ago, when people were getting old, they wouldsay, It is unlucky that we did not come from the are made from leaves; therefore we must die. MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ALASKA GHOST TOWN Tlingit (Wrangell) ONCE Raven came to a large town which wasdeserted. Every one seemed to have entered the largest house, but he feltsome one continually pushing him away. Yet hesaw no one there. It was a ghost house. The placewas called Ghost Town. Raven then loaded a canoe with provisions from theempty houses and started to
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