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Myths and Legends of Alaska

Name: Myths and Legends of Alaska
Author: Katharine Berry Judson

Katharine Berry Judson

Read by Larry Wilson, Audrey Giger, John N. Daily, Vern Seward, Amy Gramour, BettyB and Kyle Van DeGlast · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface (5:11)
The Raven Myth (Eskimo) (21:15)
The Flood (Tlingit) (4:25)
The Origin of the Tides (Tsetsaut) (2:04)
How the Rivers were Formed (Tlingit) (1:31)
The Origin of Fire (Tlingit) (0:56)
Duration of Winter (Tlingit) (1:12)
Raven’s Feast (Tlingit) (1:55)
Creation of the Porcupine (Tlingit) (0:48)
How Raven Taught the Chilkats (Tlingit) (1:21)
Raven’s Marriage (Eskimo) (6:35)
Raven and the Seals (Tsimshian) (2:03)
Raven and Pitch (Tsimshian) (2:22)
Raven’s Dancing Blanket (Tsimshian) (1:28)
Raven and the Gulls (Tsimshian) (1:34)
The Land Otter (Tlingit) (1:28)
Raven and Coot (Athapascan) (1:21)
Raven and Marmot (Eskimo) (2:48)
The Bringing of the Light by Raven (Eskimo) (5:11)
Daylight on the Nass River (Tlingit) (1:55)
The Naming of the Birds (Tlingit) (3:30)
The Origin of the Winds (Tlingit) (1:05)
Duration of Life (Tlingit) (1:13)
Ghost Town (Tlingit) (1:26)
How Raven Stole the Lake (Haida) (3:02)
The Killer Whale (Haida) (1:39)
Origin of the Chilkat Blanket (Tsimshian) (4:24)
Origin of Land and People (Eskimo) (1:30)
Creation of the World (Athapascan) (1:24)
Origin of Mankind (Eskimo) (1:26)
The First Woman (Eskimo) (2:09)
The First Tears (Eskimo) (1:57)
Origin of the Winds (Eskimo) (5:43)
Origin of the Wind (Athapascan) (1:07)
North Wind (Tlingit) (1:15)
East Wind and North Wind (Tlingit) (1:18)
Creation of the Killer Whale (Tlingit) (1:40)
Future Life (Tlingit) (1:31)
The Land of the Dead (Eskimo) (2:45)
The Ghost Land (Tlingit) (2:49)
The Sky Country (Tlingit) (1:59)
The Lost Light (Eskimo) (3:53)
The Chief in the Moon (Eskimo) (1:18)
The Boy in the Moon (Eskimo) (1:42)
The Boy in the Moon (Athapascan) (1:19)
The Meteor(?) (Tsetsaut) (0:50)
Sleep House (Tlingit) (1:05)
Cradle Song (Koyukun) (2:34)
Proverbs (Tsimshian) (1:05)
How the Fox became Red (Athapascan) (1:00)
Beaver and Porcupine (Tsimshian) (7:06)
The Mark of the Marten (Athapascan) (0:50)
The Wolves and the Deer (Tsimshian) (1:45)
The Camp Robber (Athapascan) (1:39)
The Circling of Cranes (Eskimo) (1:04)
The Last of the Thunderbirds (Eskimo) (2:38)
How the Kiksadi Clan Came to Sitka (Tlingit) (1:44)
Origin of the Grizzly Bear Crest (Tlingit) (1:10)
Origin of the Frog Crest (Tlingit) (1:22)
Origin of the Beaver Crest (Tlingit) (1:17)
Origin of the Killer Whale Crest (Tlingit) (2:12)
The Discontented Grass Plant (Eskimo) (6:16)
The Wind People (Koryak) (1:24)
Tricks of the Fox (Koryak) (2:10)