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Sedna with long flowing hair surrounded by sea creatures from Inuit mythology

Sedna, Goddess of the Sea

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In the frozen lands of the far north, where the wind howls across endless fields of snow and the sea glitters with cold light, the people tell of a woman whose sorrow shaped the oceans. Her name is Sedna, and she is both a goddess and a warning. Her story begins on land, in the warmth of a small Inuit
The Raven carrying the sun across the sky Pacific Northwest First Nations legend

The Raven Who Stole the Sun

In the earliest time, when the mountains were still young and the oceans lay in shadow, the world was wrapped in darkness. No light touched the rivers or the trees, and the people who lived below stumbled through endless night. Above the earth, in the Sky World, there lived a
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