
How Raven Stole the Sun — North America Indigenous (Well-Known) | Bedtime World Tour
Tonight we travel to the misty coast of the Pacific Northwest, to a time when the whole world lay in darkness and one clever black bird decided to do something about it. To free the daylight a rich old chief keeps locked in a nest of carved boxes, Raven turns himself into a hemlock needle, is reborn as the chief's grandchild, and coaxes the light out box by box — then flings the sun, moon, and stars into the sky. A wondrous creation tale of the first morning.
Tlingit and Haida tradition, Pacific Northwest Coast (North America). "The Theft of Daylight" /"Raven and the Box of Daylight" is one…
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