Raven (Tulukaruq): Raven is a culture hero of the Yu'pik and other Native Alaskan tribes. He is a benevolent transformer character who helps the people and shapes their world for them, but at the same time, he is also a trickster spirit and many Yupik stories about Raven have to do with his frivolous or poorly thought out behavior getting him ...

The Yup’ik are a group of Aboriginal Eskimo peoples from the Alaska and Siberia regions which stretch along both sides of the Bering Strait. Their stories give account of their deep traditional ecological sense, but also, and in a more direct way, their values and customs.

2006年8月23日 · Raven knew that he must trick the villagers to steal their treasure, so he decided to turn himself into a grandchild of the great chief. Raven flew up on a tall tree over their house and turned himself into a hemlock needle. Then, as the needle, he fell into the daughter's drinking cup and when she filled it with water, she drank the needle.

Information and legends about the Arctic mythological figure Raven, trickster hero of the Inuit, Aleut, and Yu'pik Eskimos.

The Yupik (/ ˈjuːpɪk /; Russian: Юпикские народы) are a group of Indigenous or Aboriginal peoples of western, southwestern, and southcentral Alaska and the Russian Far East. They are related to the Inuit and Iñupiat. Yupik peoples include the following:

2006年8月23日 · So Raven told Owl he could gather more food than Owl and challenged him to a race to see who could gather the most food. Since Raven was a lazy bird, he planned to steal Owl's food while owl was asleep.

Raven Tales are the traditional human and animal creation stories of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. They are also found among Athabaskan-speaking peoples and others. Raven stories exist in nearly all of the First Nations throughout the region but are most prominent in the tales of the Haida, Tsimshian, Tlingit and ...

Ravens are not only smart when it comes to talking, they are the most intelligent bird on Earth, smarter even than the African gray parrot. They have been described as crafty, resourceful, quick to learn and to profit from experience. When elder Yupik speakers refer to them, they say, “Umyuartuut,” i.e., “They are wise.”

As the island that turtle became grew, Raven flew about creating plants and mountains and rivers and streams. Seal rested on its beaches and muskrat and beaver moved to its rivers and streams. One day, Raven was flying along the beach. There before him, he watched a …

As the island that turtle became grew, Raven flew about creating plants and mountains and rivers and streams. Seal rested on its beaches and muskrat and beaver moved to its rivers and streams. One day, Raven was flying along the beach. There before him, he watched a …