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    Tlingit Folktales - How Raven Stole The Sun

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    Raven lived in a forest filled with cedar and hemlock trees. Long ago, there was only darkness because a greedy old man and his daughter kept the sun, moon, and stars hidden away. Raven turned himself into a hemlock needle and was swallowed by the man's daughter. He later emerged as her baby, who cried incessantly until the boxes containing the stars, moon, and sun were opened and their contents tossed into the sky. Raven then revealed himself and escaped, leaving the lights permanently in the sky to illuminate the world.

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    Raven lived in a forest filled with cedar and hemlock trees. Long ago, there was only darkness because a greedy old man and his daughter kept the sun, moon, and stars hidden away. Raven turned himself into a hemlock needle and was swallowed by the man's daughter. He later emerged as her baby, who cried incessantly until the boxes containing the stars, moon, and sun were opened and their contents tossed into the sky. Raven then revealed himself and escaped, leaving the lights permanently in the sky to illuminate the world.

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    Raven lived in a forest filled with cedar and hemlock trees. Long ago, there was only darkness because a greedy old man and his daughter kept the sun, moon, and stars hidden away. Raven turned himself into a hemlock needle and was swallowed by the man's daughter. He later emerged as her baby, who cried incessantly until the boxes containing the stars, moon, and sun were opened and their contents tossed into the sky. Raven then revealed himself and escaped, leaving the lights permanently in the sky to illuminate the world.

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    Tlingit Folktales - How Raven Stole The Sun

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    Introduction

    Many Tlingit stories were about a black bird called Raven. These stories were called Raven
    Tales.

    In some Raven Tales, Raven played tricks on greedy people. Sometimes he changed form so
    that people would not suspect who he really was. Other times he dressed up in a disguise.

    After Raven played his tricks, he wailed in his rasping voice, "GAH!" Then he flew out through
    the smokehole of a house before anyone could catch him.

    Raven lived in a forest filled with cedar and hemlock trees. These trees had needles instead of
    leaves.

    Sometimes Raven fished for salmon. Flying over a river, Raven could look down and see a
    salmon's glittery silver body in the water.

    How Raven Stole the Sun

    Long ago, there was only darkness. A greedy old man and his daughter kept the sun, the
    moon, and the stars hidden in three cedar boxes. They kept the light all for themselves.

    "It's hard to go hunting or fishing in the dark," said Raven. "This greedy man must learn to
    share."

    The next time the man's daughter went to get water from the spring, Raven was waiting. He
    turned himself into a tiny hemlock needle and fell into her basket.

    The girl dipped her basket into the spring and took a long drink. She swallowed the needle
    with the water.

    Several months later, the girl had a baby boy. The baby had bright, glittery eyes like a raven.
    But the girl and her father didn't suspect that the baby was really Raven in disguise.

    One day, the baby began to cry. "Gah! Gah!" he wailed in Raven's rasping voice.

    "Please stop crying," begged the grandfather.

    But the baby did not stop. He cried all day. And he cried all night. The old man and his
    daughter tried everything to keep the baby quiet. But nothing worked.

    Finally, the grandfather gave the baby the smallest cedar box. "Play with this," he said. "It
    should keep you quiet."

    The shiny stars inside the box made the baby laugh. He tossed them into the air. The stars
    floated out through the smokehole and into the sky.

    The baby began to wail again. "Gah! Gah!"

    "Quickly, daughter!" cried the old man. "Give him the second box!"
    Inside the second box was the moon. The baby patted the moon happily and rolled it over the
    floor. He bounced it against the walls. Finally, he bounced the moon so hard it flew up the
    smokehole just like the stars.

    The baby began to cry even louder than before. The grandfather covered his ears. "The last
    box! Open the last box!" he yelled.

    The baby opened the third box and pulled out the sun. With a happy giggle, he tossed the sun
    through the smokehole and into the sky.

    "Gah! Gah!" crowed the happy baby in Raven's rasping voice.

    "It's Raven!" cried the grandfather. "We've been tricked!"

    But before the angry old man could grab him, Raven changed back into a bird. He flew out
    through the smokehole into the bright sunshine.

    The greedy old man was angry. But Raven didn't care. The sun, the moon, and the many
    bright stars were stuck up in the sky. The earth was no longer dark. And it's been that way
    ever since.

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