Native Raven Steals Light

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The world lies in darkness because a selfish chief hoards the daylight in a carved box. Raven turns himself into a pine needle, is swallowed by the chief's daughter, and is reborn as her child; petted and indulged, the child cries until he is given the box to play with, then takes wing as Raven and frees the sun and stars into the sky. Moral: light hoarded for one is, by cunning, set free for all. — Native American (Pacific Northwest)