Raven and the Sources of Light
Long time ago, the world was young and all living creatures
shrouded in the darkness of an eternal night. There are no moon and sun stone
in the sky. Raven knows his people need the sun to bring forth the food to
survive and moon for catching fish at night. So Raven transformed himself into
a seed and floated on the surface of the stream. Then chief’s daughter drinks
the water, after that she became pregnant and in the time she give birth to a
son. The chief loved his grandson very much and give him whatever he wanted.
One day the chief gave his grandson a bag that filled with star, sun and moon.
Later, the chief is busy and forgot to close the smoke hole. The boy play the
balls as usual and the child resumed his Raven shape, grasped the ball of light
in his claws, and flew up through the smoke hole into the sky. The last he said
to the people ‘If you give me some fish and I will give you some light.” After
that the people gave him part of their catch. Finally he lifted this wing,
grabbed the sun with both claws and tossed it high in the sky. Now his people
will have light all day.
I think this creation myth is the accretion or conjunction
myth, cause the story is using some primordial elements. The creator of this
story also using the Anthropomorphism to
make the main character like the human.
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