Myths and legends of Alaska . people in the world lived at one place on the NassRiver. They had heard that Raven-at-the-head-of-Nasshad something called daylight. They were afraidof it and talked about it a great deal. Raven shouted to the fishermen, Why do you makeso much noise? If you make so much noise I will bringthe daylight here. Eight canoe-loads of people were fishing said, You are not Nas-ca-ki-yel. You are notRaven-at-the-head-of-Nass. How can you have thedaylight? They kept on making much noise. Then Raven opened the box and daylight shot overthe world like lightning. The
Myths and legends of Alaska . people in the world lived at one place on the NassRiver. They had heard that Raven-at-the-head-of-Nasshad something called daylight. They were afraidof it and talked about it a great deal. Raven shouted to the fishermen, Why do you makeso much noise? If you make so much noise I will bringthe daylight here. Eight canoe-loads of people were fishing said, You are not Nas-ca-ki-yel. You are notRaven-at-the-head-of-Nass. How can you have thedaylight? They kept on making much noise. Then Raven opened the box and daylight shot overthe world like lightning. They made still more Raven opened the box wide and there was daylighteverywhere. Then the people were frightened. Some ran into the 65 MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ALASKA woods and some jumped into the water. Those thathad clothes of fur seal skins jumped into the water;they became seals. Those which had clothing of bearskins, marten skins, and wolf skins, ran into the woodsand turned into grizzly bears, martens, and wolves. 66. i • • V /.//. IN \V \TI-R IROOP O> AT \1 \l)l. ol \\ S INTESTINES 2! t/a HO O joO d wa w O c 2!O Hffi>H cr> O c JO o JO oo o
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