Reading Notes: Alaskan Legends, Part B

For my Reading Part B this week, I wanted to shift away from the Native American Marriage Tales to read some Alaskan Legends, most notably, the first half. It is not because I did not enjoy the Native American Marriage Tales, but that these Alaskan Legends just seemed really fun and interesting reads.

The first half of this unit focuses on the Raven, who is shown to be the creator of Earth's numerous life forms. I think it is a really interesting take on creationism, especially since growing up in a Western society, the belief that God is the one creator is the dominating belief. I think it is especially interesting that these stories made the Raven the creator, just because it seems so random and the fact that many other cultures associate the Raven with death as oppose to life.

While reading this unit, I felt that I could transfer these themes into one of my writings by writing something that is close to Bruce Almighty. In Bruce Almighty, we are surprised when we see Morgan Freeman playing as God. I feel that I can do something like that, but make the creator some other unsuspecting animal, like a Corgi.

(A raven, just like in the stories:

Wikipedia)

Bibliography: Myths and Legends of Alaska. Katherine Berry Judson. Link.