Pacific Northwest Indigenous

Raven

In Pacific Northwest Coast traditions, Raven (Yelth) is the central trickster-transformer, creator and culture hero who brought light, fire, water, and salmon to humanity; Raven is one of the two principal moieties (with Eagle) in Haida and Tlingit social organization.

TraditionPacific Northwest Indigenous
SymbolTrickster-transformer; bringer of light (Yelth)
DomainsTransformation · Clarity
Provenance URLhttps://peabody.harvard.edu/read-raven-digital-resources

Citation

Reid, Bill, and Robert Bringhurst. "The Raven Steals the Light." University of Washington Press, 1984.

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