BRITISH NORTH AMERICA
Then Raven flew to the bank of the Nass River, where they were taking olachen. And it was dark. Raven called, "If you will bring me your spruce needles, I will make it light for you." He called the olachen spruce needles. He said that same thing again.
The fishermen replied, "One who always talks is talking about something which the supernatural beings own, and which is beyond his reach."
Thus they made him angry, and he let them see a little of the moon. It became light. Then they all went to him and gave him a great many olachen.
Raven again put the moon under his arm. Flying up with it, he sat on the top of a high mountain. He took the moon out, and threw it down so it broke. He took half of it and threw it up into the sky, and said, "You shall be the moon and shall give light in the middle of the night. He then threw the other half upward and said, "You shall shine in the middle of the day." Then he threw upward the small fragments, and said, "You shall be the stars; when it is clear, they shall see you all during the night."
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