How Raven Brought Light to People

How Raven Brought Light to People

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Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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Raven gives the sun, the moon, and the stars to the people of the world by tricking the great chief who is hoarding them in three boxes.


Raven Brings the Light

Raven Brings the Light

Author: Roy Henry Vickers

Publisher: Harbour Publishing

Published: 2015-06-15

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13: 1550176617

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In a time when darkness covered the land, a boy named Weget is born who is destined to bring the light. With the gift of a raven's skin that allows him to fly as well as transform, Weget turns into a bird and journeys from Haida Gwaii into the sky. There he finds the Chief of the Heavens who keeps the light in a box. By transforming himself into a pine needle, clever Weget tricks the Chief and escapes with the daylight back down to Earth. Vividly portrayed through the art of Roy Henry Vickers, Weget's story has been passed down for generations. The tale has been traced back at least 3,000 years by archeologists who have found images of Weget's journey in petroglyphs on the Nass and Skeena rivers. This version of the story originates from one told to the author by Chester Bolton, Chief of the Ravens, from the village of Kitkatla around 1975.


How Raven Stole the Sun

How Raven Stole the Sun

Author: Maria Williams

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2001-06-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0789201631

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A long time ago, Raven was pure white, like fresh snow in winter. This was so long ago that the only light came from campfires, because a greedy chief kept the stars, moon, and sun locked up in elaborately carved boxes. Determined to free them, the shape-shifting Raven resourcefully transformed himself into the chief's baby grandson and cleverly tricked him into opening the boxes and releasing the starlight and moonlight. Though tired of being stuck in human form, Raven maintained his disguise until he got the chief to open the box with the sun and flood the world with daylight, at which point he gleefully transformed himself back into a raven. When the furious chief locked him in the house, Raven was forced to escape through the small smokehole at the top — and that's why ravens are now black as smoke instead of white as snow. This engaging Tlingit story is brought to life in painterly illustrations that convey a sense of the traditional life of the Northwest Coast peoples. About the Tales of the People series: Created with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), Tales of the People is a series of children's books celebrating Native American culture with illustrations and stories by Indian artists and writers. In addition to the tales themselves, each book also offers four pages filled with information and photographs exploring various aspects of Native culture, including a glossary of words in different Indian languages.


Raven

Raven

Author: Gerald McDermott

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2001-09-01

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 0547351194

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Raven, the trickster, wants to give people the gift of light. But can he find out where Sky Chief keeps it? And if he does, will he be able to escape without being discovered? His dream seems impossible, but if anyone can find a way to bring light to the world, wise and clever Raven can!


How Raven Brought Back the Light

How Raven Brought Back the Light

Author: David Kudler

Publisher: Stillpoint Digital Press

Published: 2014-12-08

Total Pages: 29

ISBN-13: 1311769986

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Some heroes are strong. Some are brave. And some, like Raven, are clever. In this adaptation from a beloved tale out of the Pacific Northwest, Raven outwits the Old Chief of the tribe that lives above the sky and brings sunlight back to a grateful world. Like winter stories told around the world, this third selection in Stillpoint/Atalanta's Winter Tales series is a fun reminder that even in the darkest times, there is always light coming.


The Raven Steals the Light

The Raven Steals the Light

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Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780029596678

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"This new edition of a collaboration between one of the finest living artists in North America and one of Canada’s finest poets includes a new introduction by the distinguished anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss. Ten masterful, complex drawings by Bill Reid and ten tales demonstrate the richness and range of Haida mythology, from bawdy yet profound tales of the trickster Raven to poignant, imagistic narratives of love and its complications in a world where animals speak, dreams come real, and demigods, monsters, and men live side by side."--Abebooks.com viewed Oct. 24, 2022.


Ravens in Winter

Ravens in Winter

Author: Bernd Heinrich

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-10-07

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1476794561

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Originally published: New York: Summit Books, 1989.


Raven's Light

Raven's Light

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Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13:

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Explains how Raven made the earth, animals, monn, and sun.


Preston Singletary

Preston Singletary

Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780972664950

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"Raven and the Box of Daylight is the Tlingit story of Raven and his transformation of the world—bringing light to people via the stars, moon, and sun. This story holds great significance for the Tlingit people. The exhibition features a dynamic combination of artwork, storytelling, and encounter, where the Tlingit story unfolds during the visitor’s experience."--


The Raven (Illustrated)

The Raven (Illustrated)

Author: Edgar Allan Poe

Publisher: Top Five Books LLC

Published: 2013-09-13

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 1938938097

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This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven includes: • All 25 illustrations by Gustave Doré for Harper & Brothers’ 1884 edition • An informative Introduction • A detailed Biography of Edgar Allan Poe • The illustrated version and text-only version of the full poem No poem has ever received the kind of immediate and overwhelming response that Poe’s “The Raven” did when it first appeared in the New York Evening Mirror on January 29, 1845. It made Poe an overnight sensation (though his great fame never brought him much wealth) and the poem, a powerfully haunting elegy to lost love, remains one of the most beloved and recognizable verses in the English language. The illustrations that accompany this Top Five Classics edition are reproductions of the renowned French artist Gustave Doré’s steel-plate engravings created for Harper & Brothers’ 1884 release of The Raven. It would be Doré’s last commission as he died shortly after completing the 25 illustrations in January 1883. His illustrations would become famous in their own right, evoking as they do the lyrical and mystical air of Poe’s masterpiece.