THE ORIGIN OF THE WINDSTlingitNOW Raven went off to a certain place and created West Wind. Raven said to it, “You shall be my son’s daughter. No matter how hard you blow, you shall hurt nobody.”Raven also made South Wind. When South Wind climbs on top of a rock it never ceases to blow.Raven made North Wind and on top of a mountain he made a house for it with ice hanging down the sides. Then he went in and said to North Wind, “Your back is white.” That is why mountains are white with snow.A dogsled travelling near forest and mountains“Raven said to North Wind, ‘Your back is white’” (On the Road to Fairbanks)Photograph by C. L. AndrewsOld Russian Blockhouse, at Sitka
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NOW Raven went off to a certain place and created West Wind. Raven said to it, “You shall be my son’s daughter. No matter how hard you blow, you shall hurt nobody.”
Raven also made South Wind. When South Wind climbs on top of a rock it never ceases to blow.
Raven made North Wind and on top of a mountain he made a house for it with ice hanging down the sides. Then he went in and said to North Wind, “Your back is white.” That is why mountains are white with snow.
A dogsled travelling near forest and mountains“Raven said to North Wind, ‘Your back is white’” (On the Road to Fairbanks)
“Raven said to North Wind, ‘Your back is white’” (On the Road to Fairbanks)
Photograph by C. L. AndrewsOld Russian Blockhouse, at Sitka
Photograph by C. L. Andrews
Old Russian Blockhouse, at Sitka