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The Raven Who Stole the Sun
In the Pacific Northwest, Raven found the sun, moon, and stars hidden in a cedar box by a greedy chief. He transformed into a pine needle, was swallowed by the chief's daughter, and was reborn as her son. Then he cried until the chief opened the box â and Raven stole the light for all people. The trickster is not a villain. He is the force that redistributes what hoarding has hidden.
ðŊ What This Teaches
The trickster doesn't steal for greed. He steals because the world is out of balance, and only a fool would return the sun to the same hands that hid it.
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Raven
ðïļ From the SAGE Museum
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Raven Transformations: Pacific Northwest Masks
Collection of Haida and Tlingit transformation masks showing Raven's multiple forms, with anthropological notes on the trickster as redistributor.
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