Carter says the Raven character will delight audiences. “Raven is a clown hero,” she says. “Every culture has a trickster character, the little guy who figures out how to outwit the powerful.” ...

DeWitt says not to forget that Raven is a trickster who finds trouble. Her uncle tells a story about how Raven wanted to bring mankind fresh water to drink, so he tried to steal a bucket from a ...

In Northwest Coast mythology, the raven brings fire and light to the world. Humankind receives agriculture from the Shinto trickster Susanoo and journalistic news from the Hindu trickster Narada.

reconfirming for Native Peoples Raven’s trickster nature and his transformation capabilities,” Worl said in an email. Oral tradition holds that Raven was white to begin with, “but through ...

And many Native American peoples consider the raven a sly trickster who was involved in the creation of the world. Ravens love to play. Ravens have been observed in Alaska and Canada using snow ...

Raven may be a trickster, but loneliness is no joke. Raven's Feast is the first children's book from traditional Haida storyteller Kung Jaadee. The tale has a message about the power of love ...

The Juneau-based artist says the stamp design, titled “Raven Story,” tells the story of trickster Raven, who sets free the sun, moon and stars before escaping from his human family and ...

Though Raven appears in many Tlingit stories, the stamp’s image features the Trickster-spirit within a field of gold stars, holding a round sun in his beak, referring to a specific tale.

Raven may be a trickster, but loneliness is no joke. Raven's Feast is the first children's book from traditional Haida storyteller Kung Jaadee. The tale has a message about the power of love — a ...