Editor Katharine Berry Judson collates and presents a narrative history of Alaskan Myths. Originally gathered and recorded by government ethnologists, she paints an overall picture of Alaskan history as told by its many tribes. From the Eskimo to the Tlingit, from the Tsetsaut to the Haida, the origin of the still-wild state begins with the great Bird (often called "Raven") and branches out, through its legends, in wonderful and amazing directions. (Summary by John N. Daily)
Chapters
1 Preface 5 min 2 The Raven Myth (Eskimo) 21 min 3 The Flood (Tlingit) 4 min 4 The Origin of the Tides (Tsetsaut) 2 min 5 How the Rivers were Formed (Tlingit) 2 min 6 The Origin of Fire (Tlingit) 1 min 7 Duration of Winter (Tlingit) 1 min 8 Raven's Feast (Tlingit) 2 min 9 Creation of the Porcupine (Tlingit) 1 min 10 How Raven Taught the Chilkats (Tlingit) 1 min 11 Raven's Marriage (Eskimo) 7 min 12 Raven and the Seals (Tsimshian) 2 min 13 Raven and Pitch (Tsimshian) 2 min 14 Raven's Dancing Blanket (Tsimshian) 1 min 15 Raven and the Gulls (Tsimshian) 2 min 16 The Land Otter (Tlingit) 1 min 17 Raven and Coot (Athapascan) 1 min 18 Raven and Marmot (Eskimo) 3 min 19 The Bringing of the Light by Raven (Eskimo) 5 min 20 Daylight on the Nass River (Tlingit) 2 min 21 The Naming of the Birds (Tlingit) 4 min 22 The Origin of the Winds (Tlingit) 1 min 23 Duration of Life (Tlingit) 1 min 24 Ghost Town (Tlingit) 1 min 25 How Raven Stole the Lake (Haida) 3 min 26 The Killer Whale (Haida) 2 min 27 Origin of the Chilkat Blanket (Tsimshian) 4 min 28 Origin of Land and People (Eskimo) 2 min 29 Creation of the World (Athapascan) 1 min 30 Origin of Mankind (Eskimo) 1 min 31 The First Woman (Eskimo) 2 min 32 The First Tears (Eskimo) 2 min 33 Origin of the Winds (Eskimo) 6 min 34 Origin of the Wind (Athapascan) 1 min 35 North Wind (Tlingit) 1 min 36 East Wind and North Wind (Tlingit) 1 min 37 Creation of the Killer Whale (Tlingit) 2 min 38 Future Life (Tlingit) 2 min 39 The Land of the Dead (Eskimo) 3 min 40 The Ghost Land (Tlingit) 3 min 41 The Sky Country (Tlingit) 2 min 42 The Lost Light (Eskimo) 4 min 43 The Chief in the Moon (Eskimo) 1 min 44 The Boy in the Moon (Eskimo) 2 min 45 The Boy in the Moon (Athapascan) 1 min 46 The Meteor(?) (Tsetsaut) 1 min 47 Sleep House (Tlingit) 1 min 48 Cradle Song (Koyukun) 3 min 49 Proverbs (Tsimshian) 1 min 50 How the Fox became Red (Athapascan) 1 min 51 Beaver and Porcupine (Tsimshian) 7 min 52 The Mark of the Marten (Athapascan) 1 min 53 The Wolves and the Deer (Tsimshian) 2 min 54 The Camp Robber (Athapascan) 2 min 55 The Circling of Cranes (Eskimo) 1 min 56 The Last of the Thunderbirds (Eskimo) 3 min 57 How the Kiksadi Clan Came to Sitka (Tlingit) 2 min 58 Origin of the Grizzly Bear Crest (Tlingit) 1 min 59 Origin of the Frog Crest (Tlingit) 1 min 60 Origin of the Beaver Crest (Tlingit) 1 min 61 Origin of the Killer Whale Crest (Tlingit) 2 min 62 The Discontented Grass Plant (Eskimo) 6 min 63 The Wind People (Koryak) 1 min 64 Tricks of the Fox (Koryak) 2 min
