THE INUIT MYTH OF THE GREAT CROW, CREATOR OF ALL LIVING BEINGS
THE INUIT MYTH OF THE GREAT RAVEN, CREATOR OF ALL LIVING THINGS
Big crow lived with his wife, they were the first living beings and they created themselves
Great Raven lived with his wife, they were the first living things and they created themselves.
One morning Big Crow's wife was tired of living alone on a small patch of flat land, she asked her husband to populate the Earth. Then Big Crow flew into the sky and released some feces which became continents.
One morning Great Raven's wife, who was tired of living alone on a small mass of level soil, asked her husband to populate the Earth. So Great Raven flew into the sky and let some stools fall which became the continents.
Big Crow, while circling, peed and formed fresh water with it. In its flights the crow also wanted to form mountains, vomiting.
Great Raven urinated while he was flying and that formed freshwater. During his flights the Raven formed mountains as well by vomiting.
The crow found the trees and began cutting them down. The splinters fell into the water to the sea.
The Raven found trees and started tearing them down. Their chips fell into the water all the way to the sea.
When the pine splinters hit the sea water, they turned into walruses.
When the pine chips touched sea water they were transformed into walruses.
Then the seals were born from the splinters of the oaks.
Seals were formed from oak chips.
Whales originated from the splinters of birch trees
The origin of whales was birch chips.
And from other splinters fish, crabs and all other marine animals were born
And from other chips came fish, crabs and all the other marine animals.
When the splinters hit the ground, reindeer and bears formed
When the chips touched the earth they formed reindeer and bears.
And other splinters gave birth to foxes
And other chips gave life to foxes.
All the other animals were formed in the same way
All the other animals were formed in the same way.
Then men and women were formed, but it is not known how it happened
Then men and women were created, but no one knows how this happened.