RAVEN AND HAWK

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RAVEN AND HAWK

• By Malavika Mantripragada and Jordan Song

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Raven The Basics

• Major trickster
• Representative spirit of actual ravens
• Depicted as culture hero figure
• Creator of human beings
• Most prominent figures of the Haida, Nootka, and
  Tsimshian Tribes
• Had the power to change at will to animal forms
  or to that of a human being

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Ravens Great Adventure

• Raven took the form of an old man to walk through
  a forest
• After a while, Raven felt hungry
• Came to the edge of the forest near a village on
  the beach
• Many people were fishing for halibut
• He dived into the sea and swam to the spot where
  the fishermen dangled their hooks
• Raven ate all their bait
• Ravens jaw got caught on a hook and it broke off
• Fishermen took his jaw to the chiefs
• Magically, raven put his jaw back on and flew away

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Raven and the First Haida Men

• Raven was alone one day on Rose Spit beach, Queen
  Charlotte Islands
• Saw an extraordinary clamshell at his feet
• Sticking out from it were many tiny human beings
• Raven persuaded them to leave the shell to join
  him in his wonderful world
• Eventually emerged from the partly open giant
  clamshell to become the first Haida

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Hawk The Basics

• Used in initiation ceremonies
• Great messenger and observer of the sky
• Takes its place in the spiritual world of the
  supernatural
• Recurved beak strongly resembles the Thunderbird

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Thunderbird Story

• Monstrous whale on killing spree
• Whale depriving the people of meat and oil
• Thunderbird watched as the people were starving
• It plunged into ocean and seized whale
• Eventually lifted whale out of ocean and dropped
  it on land

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• "Raven Pacific Northwest Tales." Eldrbarry's
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