Aug 21, 2006 · Late the next night, Raven got a stick, sharpened the ends, crept to where her husband slept, and killed him! Early the next morning, the village people woke and heard her crying, "Oh, my husband! My husband!"

When night came, Raven said, "I am going to sleep with you, brother-in-law." So they went to bed, and toward morning Raven heard Petrel sleeping very soundly. Then he went outside, took some dog manure and put it around Petrel's buttocks.

Jul 21, 2019 · In many versions of “Raven and the Box of Daylight” — including both ethnographic accounts and popular English versions of the story — at the beginning of his journey, Raven is white, one ...

When night came, Raven said, "I am going to sleep with you, brother-in-law." So they went to bed, and toward morning Raven heard Petrel sleeping very soundly. Then he went outside, took some dog manure and put it around Petrel's buttocks.

The Tlingit have many names for raven, the most common being Yéil. Other names are Yéil Tl’éetl’i, g̱uneit, gidzanóox’ and yéilk’. The mythological origin of his name is that he was given it by the tide woman.

Aug 21, 2006 · In those days, everything was dark: there was no daylight and no moon or stars at night to guide you. But the rich man and his daughter kept a secret in their house: they held the stars, the moon and daylight in three bags hanging on their wall. They kept the light there, and only Raven knew it.

When night came, Raven said, "I am going to sleep with you, brother-in-law. So they went to bed, and toward morning Raven heard Petrel sleeping very soundly. Then he went outside, took some dog manure and put it around Petrel's buttocks. When it was beginning to grow light, he said, "Wake up, wake up, wake up, brother-in-law,

Raven was told of a man who had an everlasting spring full of water, and he wanted it because the world had none. However, Petrel would not share his water. Raven came to him and called him brother-in-law, and when the Raven couldn't convince him to share, they went to sleep.

The most essential, and widely shared tale from the Tlingit nation is Raven stories. These stories belong to the Raven clan, but they are some of the few stories which are shared between the clans, and even with the very fortunate outsider.

In the lore of Tlingit, Haida and other northern Native Americans a raven was both a trickster spirit and the creator of the world. The most interesting story about the raven in Tlingit folklore is the one concerning his responsibility for placement of the Sun in the sky.