Mythology and Folklore - Christian Hansen

It was 6 months since I was banished from my tribe. I won't go into details of what happened exactly, just that I would be killed if I ever went back. Probably for the best. They were going to get themselves killed anyways. Living alone was so much better! I only had myself to worry about and I could just do whatever I wanted. I ended up building a house off the coast of the Northern Sea. It was a small house; just one room, but it was home. I'm not completely alone either. There are plenty of seals that lay on the coast and are a great source of food. Good listeners too. The morning sun shone bright through my window as I wake up to start another day. I don't have anything planned today so I cook up a quick breakfast of seal meat and berries and sit on my porch, listening to the crash of the waves and the barks of the seals nearby. I look down the coast to see a particularly large bird- a raven.  Once he is close enough I send him my greetings, "Hello raven! What brin...

In the beginning of the universe there was nothing. Only darkness. For a long time the darkness grew and grew until it became a single mass which would be called the earth. The Earth Doctor made himself an abiding place out of a creosote bush. After struggling with it for awhile he got it just right. The next thing the Earth Doctor made were insects. Little black ones which made black gum and termites. These bugs worked and worked until the Earth grew into the size it is today. A sky was created to fit over the earth. A spider was created to attach the sky to the earth so it would not shake a wobble. Mountains, water, trees, grass, and weeds were added next. However, the sky was still dark as before so the doctor made ice. This ice was thrown into the sky in all directions until it finally stuck. The moon was made the same way. However, when the sun and moon did not shine, the sky was dark. The doctor added stars and the milky way into the sky so there will always be light.  Milky ...

Raven was traveling around and came across a man and his house near the water. The raven told the man he will be his friend to which the man agreed. In front of the man's house there were many seals. The raven ate all of them in only two nights. Once the seals ran out, the raven ate the man because he was still hungry. The raven used the man's canoe and harpoon to hunt 4 seals in the water. Once done, he began making a fire to cook them. Nearby there was a stump. The raven noticed him and asked if he was envious and went into the woods. The stump got up and sat in the hole the seals were cooking in. The raven returned and cried because he was hungry. Alaskan Seals - Source Raven and the Seals