Artist Unknown, picture courtesy of Lasher



Native American Lore-Innuit



  In the early times, there was only
darkness; there was no light at all.
At the edge of the sea a woman lived
with her father. One time she went
out to get some water. As she was
scraping the snow, she saw a feather
floating toward her. She opened her
mouth and the feather floated in and
she swallowed it. From that time she was
pregnant.

Then she had a baby. It's mouth was
a raven's bill. The woman tried hard
to find toys for her child. In her
father's house was hanging a bladder
that was blown up.

This belonged to the woman's father.

Now the baby, whose name was Tulugaak
(Raven), pointed at it and cried for
it. The woman did not wish to give
it to him but he cried and cried.

At last she gave in and took the
bladder down from the wall and
let the baby play with it. But
in playing with it, he broke it.
Immediately, it began to get
light. Now there was light in the
world, and darkness, too.

When the woman's father came home,
he scolded his daughter for taking
the bladder down from the wall
and giving it to the child. And when
it was light, Tulugaak had disappeared.







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