Reading Notes: Pacific Northwest Part A
Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest by Katharine B Judson
- Animal gods performing mundane tasks, using normal tools
- Argument between animals
- Service-berries!
- Time indicated by which animals are making noise
- "...as flat as a willow mat."
- Earth has name: Kaila
- Klamuth names used alongside English names
- Indians, chipmunk people, Klamath Indians
- Dialogue in Klamath language?
- Grizzly master of animals
- "The pale face"
- Tone of "this is the way it was and now it's different" -- matter of fact
- No visual details
- Specific regional details (shape of river, mountains nearby)
- Fire as a finite resource
- "..dressed himself to appear like.."
- Ambiguous/realistic ending
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- Repitition
- Things being created at every turn
- Grumpy god!
- More dialogue in this one
- Contradictory statements ("they began to dance" next sentence "They could not dance")
- Complicated methods of getting things
- Raven is Sqenan
- Raven is a woman?
- Sad ending for everyone
- Telling the nature of the animals
- Categorizes animals as good and bad
- Detailed description of How things were done
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