Traditional Tlingit Narrative
[…] At the end of the village is the house of the Herrings, who are dancing. When any one looks in through a knot-hole and puts a hemlock branch into the house, it is full of herring spawn. In one house the people are always dancing. When Raven looks in, his face is covered with fish eggs. These are the Herrings. The dancing Herrings.
Source: Boas, Franz (1970) Tsimshian Mythology, based on texts recorded by Henry W. Tate, Franze Boas (1858-1942). P.773
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Date:
Tuesday, February 25, 2014