{"id":21575,"date":"2022-08-01T07:07:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T07:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=21575"},"modified":"2022-08-01T07:13:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T07:13:58","slug":"conte-haida-origin-of-the-gnawing-beaver","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/haida-tlingit-tsimshian-mythology\/tale-haida-origin-of-the-gnawing-beaver\/","title":{"rendered":"Haida Tale: Origin of the Gnawing Beaver"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21575\" class=\"elementor elementor-21575\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21ef908 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21ef908\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c36aff2\" data-id=\"c36aff2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0d7c9c elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c0d7c9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/haida-tlingit-tsimshian-mythology\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Haida-Tlingit-Tsimshian Mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-945a58e\" data-id=\"945a58e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e2d56c elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3e2d56c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpeople.us\/FP-Html-Legends\/OriginoftheGnawingBeaver-Haida.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4cea5ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4cea5ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fc8525\" data-id=\"6fc8525\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-423a20c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"423a20c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/haida-tlingit-tsimshian-mythology\/\">Haida<\/a><\/strong> are a Native American people of the west coast of Canada and the northern United States, as well as a southeastern part of Alaska, along the Pacific coast, and in the Haida Gwaii archipelago in particular. Here is their tale: Origin Of The Gnawing <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-dene\/\">Beaver<\/a> (in).<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9347 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Origin Of The Gnawing Beaver\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1a2f50 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1a2f50\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b6d651\" data-id=\"4b6d651\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a99ba40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a99ba40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/haida-tlingit-tsimshian-mythology\/tale-haida-origin-of-the-gnawing-beaver\/#Origin-Of-The-Gnawing-Beaver\" >Origin Of The Gnawing Beaver<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Origin-Of-The-Gnawing-Beaver\"><\/span>Origin Of The Gnawing Beaver<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea44b28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea44b28\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-524c7d7\" data-id=\"524c7d7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21c79d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21c79d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tea <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/haida-tlingit-tsimshian-mythology\/\">Haida<\/a> of the Queen Charlotte Islands off the coast of British<br \/>Columbia were great hunters of whales and sea otters.<\/p><p>There was a great hunter among the people living at Larhwiyip on<br \/>the Stikine River. Ever on the alert for new territories, he would<br \/>go away by himself for long periods and return with quantities of<br \/>furs and food. He had remained single, although he was very wealthy<br \/>and his family begged him to take a wife. As a true hunter, he observed<br \/>all the fasts and cleanliness and kept away from women.<\/p><p>One day when he returned from a hunting trip, he said, \u201cI<br \/>am going to take a wife now. After that I will move to a distant<br \/>region where I hear that wild animals are plentiful. \u00bb So he<br \/>married a young woman from a neighboring village who, like himself<br \/>was clever and scrupulous in observing the rules. When the time<br \/>came for them to go on their hunting trips, they both kept the fasts<br \/>of purification, and the hunter got even more furs and food than he had before.<\/p><p>Some time later, he said to his wife, &quot;let&#039;s go to a new country,<br \/>where we&#039;ll have to stay a long time. \u201cAfter many days of traveling,<br \/>they came to a strange land. The hunter put up a hut, where they<br \/>lived while he built a house. When he had finished it, he and his<br \/>wife were happy. They would play with each other every night.<\/p><p>Soon he said to her, &quot;I&#039;m going to my new hunting grounds<br \/>for two days and a night. I will return just before the second night. \u00bb<br \/>In his new territory he made snares in his trap line, and when these<br \/>were set, he went home just before sunset on the second day. His<br \/>wife was very happy, and again they played together all through<br \/>the night. After several days, he visited his snares and found them<br \/>full of game. He loaded his canoe and came back, again before dark<br \/>on the second day. Very happy, he met his wife, and they worked<br \/>to prepare the furs and meat. When they had finished, he set out<br \/>once more, saying, &quot;This time I intend to go in a new direction,<br \/>so I will be away for three sleeps. \u00bb As he did, and joined<br \/>in being with his wife again when he returned.<\/p><p>To amuse herself when she was alone, the woman went down to the<br \/>little stream flowing by the lodge. She spent most of her time bathing<br \/>and swimming around in a small pool while her husband was away.<br \/>As soon as he returned, she would play with him. No he said, \u201cSince<br \/>you&#039;ve become used to being alone, I&#039;m going on a longer trip. \u00bb<br \/>By then he had enlarged his hunting house, and it was full of furs and food.<\/p><p>The woman again took to her swimming. Soon she found the little<br \/>pool too small for her, so she built a dam by piling up branches<br \/>and mud. The pool became a lake, deep enough for her to swim in<br \/>at ease. Now she spent nearly all her time in the new lake and felt<br \/>quite happy. When her husband returned, she showed him the dam she<br \/>had made, and he was pleased. Before going away once more, he said,<br \/>&quot;I&#039;ll be gone a long time, now that I know you are not afraid<br \/>of being along. \u00bb<\/p><p>The woman built a little house of mud and branches in the center<br \/>of the lake. After a swim she wold go into it and rest. At night<br \/>she would return to the hunting house on land, but as soon as she<br \/>waked in the morning, she would go down to the lake again.<\/p><p>Eventually she slept in her lake lodge all night, and when her<br \/>husband came back, she felt uncomfortable staying with him at the<br \/>house. Now she was pregnant and kept more to herself, and she preferred<br \/>to stay in her lake lodge even when her husband was home. To pass<br \/>the time, she enlarged the lake by building the dam higher. She<br \/>made another dam downstream, and then another, until she had a number<br \/>of small lakes all connected to the large one in which she had her lodge.<\/p><p>The hunter went away on a last long journey. He had enough fun<br \/>and food to make him very wealthy, and he planned that they would<br \/>move back to his village after this trip. The woman, whose child<br \/>was due any day, stayed in the water all the time and lived altogether<br \/>in the lodge. Buy now it was partly submerged, and it&#039;s entrance<br \/>was under water.<\/p><p>When the hunter returned this time, he could not find his wife.<br \/>He looked all over, searching the woods day after day without discovering<br \/>a trace of her. He was at a loss, unwilling to go back to his people<br \/>without knowing her fate, for fear that her family might want to<br \/>kill him. He returned sadly to his hunting house every night and<br \/>each morning resumed the search.<\/p><p>One evening at dusk, he remembered that his wife had spent much<br \/>of her time in the water. \u201cPerhaps she traveled downstream,\u201d<br \/>he thought. The next day he walked down to the lake that his wife<br \/>had damaged and went around it, but he saw nothing of her.<\/p><p>After many days of searching, the hunter retraced his steps. When<br \/>he came to the large lake, he sat down and began to sing a dirge.<br \/>Now he knew that something had happened to his wife; she had been<br \/>taken by a supernatural power. While he was singing and crying his<br \/>dirge, a figure emerged from the lake. It was a strange animal,<br \/>in its mouth a stick which it was gnawing. On each side of the animal<br \/>were two smaller ones, also gnawing sticks.<\/p><p>Then the largest figure, which wore a hat shaped like a gnawed<br \/>stick, spoke. &quot;Don&#039;t be so sad!&quot; It is I, your wife, and your<br \/>two children. We have returned to our home in the water. Now that<br \/>you have seen me, you will use me as a crest. Call me the Woman-Beaver,<br \/>and the crest Remanants-of-Chewing-Stick. The children are First<br \/>Beaver, and you will refer to them in your direction as the Offspring<br \/>of Woman-Beaver. \u00bb<\/p><p>After she had spoken, she disappeared into the waters, and the<br \/>hunter saw her no more. At once he packed his goods, and when his<br \/>canoe was filled, traveled down the river to his village.<\/p><p>For a long while he did not speak to his people. Then he told them<br \/>what had happened and said, \u201cI will take this as my personal<br \/>crest. It shall be known as &quot;Remnants-of-Chewing-Stick, and<br \/>forever remain the property of our clan, the Salmon-Eater household. \u00bb<br \/>This is the origin of the Beaver crest and the Remnants-of-Chewing-Stick.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haida-Tlingit-Tsimshian Mythology Wiki The Haida are a Native American people of the west coast of Canada and the northern United States, as \u2026 <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4275,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21575","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21575"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21590,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21575\/revisions\/21590"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}