{"id":21643,"date":"2022-08-01T11:39:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=21643"},"modified":"2022-08-01T11:41:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:41:46","slug":"conte-tlingit-inviting-the-bears","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/haida-tlingit-tsimshian-mythology\/tale-tlingit-inviting-the-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"Tlingit Story: Inviting the Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21643\" class=\"elementor elementor-21643\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-baa01a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"baa01a2\" 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-f080900\" data-id=\"f080900\" 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-9ad4c40 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9ad4c40\" 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-1554e0b\" data-id=\"1554e0b\" 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-555627d elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"555627d\" 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\/InvitingtheBears-Tlingit.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-a6c2978 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6c2978\" 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-01f1f12\" data-id=\"01f1f12\" 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-b274682 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b274682\" 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\/\">Tlingit<\/a><\/strong> are an indigenous North American ethnicity, specifically an Alaska Native people. Here is their tale: Inviting the Bears.<\/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=\"Inviting the Bears\" 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-5c868db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c868db\" 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-5032ec7\" data-id=\"5032ec7\" 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-c179ab9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c179ab9\" 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-tlingit-inviting-the-bears\/#Inviting-the-Bears\" >Inviting the Bears<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Inviting-the-Bears\"><\/span>Inviting the Bears<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-9864f2d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9864f2d\" 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-b40d4a3\" data-id=\"b40d4a3\" 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-176b367 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"176b367\" 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>An old man living in <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-eskimo-aleut-2111\/\">Alaska<\/a> had lost all of his friends and family,<br \/>and he felt sad to think that he was left alone. He began to wonder<br \/>whether he should leave and start a new life in another village.<br \/>But he worried, &quot;If I paddle away to another village and the<br \/>people there see that I am alone, they may think that I&#039;ve run away<br \/>from my own village because I was accused of some disgraceful thing. \u00bb<br \/>Instead, he thought that he would go off by himself into the forest.<\/p><p>While this man was traveling along the woods the thought occurred<br \/>to him to go to the bears and let the bears kill him. The village<br \/>was at the mouth of a large salmon <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/creek-seminole-mythology\/\">creek<\/a>, so he went over to the<br \/>creek early in the morning until he found a bear trail and lay down<br \/>across the end of it. He thought that when the bears came out along<br \/>this trail they would find and kill him.<\/p><p>By and by, as he lay there, he heard the bushes breaking and saw<br \/>a large number of grizzly bears coming along. The largest bear led<br \/>the rest, and the tips of his hairs were white. Then the old man<br \/>became frightened. He suddenly realized he did not want to die a<br \/>hard death and imagined himself being torn to pieces among the bears.<br \/>So when the leading bear came up to him, he stood up and announced:<br \/>\u201cI have come to invite you to a feast. \u00bb<\/p><p>At that the bear&#039;s fur stood straight up, and the old man thought<br \/>that he was done for, but he spoke again saying, &quot;I have come<br \/>to invite you to a feast, but if you are going to kill me, I am<br \/>willing to die. I am alone. I have lost all of my family, my property,<br \/>and my friends. \u00bb<\/p><p>As soon as he had said this the leading bear turned about and whined<br \/>to the bears that were following. Then he started back and the rest<br \/>followed him. Afterward the man got up and walked toward his village<br \/>very fast. He imagined that the biggest bear had told his people<br \/>to go back because they were invited to a feast.<\/p><p>When he got home he began to clean up. The old sand around the<br \/>fireplace he took away and replaced with clean sand. Then he went<br \/>for a load of wood. When he told the other people in that village<br \/>what he was doing and why, they were all very much frightened and<br \/>said to him, \u201cWhat made you do such a thing? The grizzlies<br \/>are our enemy. &quot;After that the man took off his shirt, and<br \/>painted himself up, putting stripes of red across his upper arm<br \/>muscles, a stripe over his heart, and another across the upper part<br \/>of his chest.<\/p><p>Very early in the morning, after he had thus prepared, he stood<br \/>outside of the door looking for his bears. Finally he saw them at<br \/>the mouth of the creek, led by the same big grizzly bear. When the<br \/>other village people saw them, however, they were so terrified that<br \/>they shut themselves in their houses. But the old man stood by his<br \/>door to receive them. Then he brought them into the house and gave<br \/>them seats, placing the chief in the middle at the rear of the house<br \/>and the rest around him.<\/p><p>First he served them large trays of cranberries preserved in grease.<br \/>The large bear seemed to say something to his companions, and as<br \/>soon as he began to eat the rest started. They watched him and did<br \/>whatever he did. The host followed that up with other kinds of food,<br \/>and, after they were through, the large bear seemed to talk to him<br \/>for a very long time. The man thought that he was delivering a speech,<br \/>for he would look up at the smoke hole every now and then and act<br \/>as though he were talking. When he finished he started out and the<br \/>rest followed. As they went out each in turn licked the paint from<br \/>their host&#039;s arm and breast. The old man felt as though they were<br \/>licking his sorrows away.<\/p><p>The day after all this happened the smallest bear came back in<br \/>human form, and spoke to the old man in his native language, <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/haida-tlingit-tsimshian-mythology\/\">Tlingit<\/a>.<br \/>He had been a human being who was captured and adopted by the bears.<br \/>This bear-man asked the old man if he had understood their chief,<br \/>and he said, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cHe was telling you,\u201d the bear-man replied, \u201cthat<br \/>he is in the same condition as you. He, too, is old and has lost<br \/>all of his friends. He had heard of you before he saw you. He told<br \/>you to think of him when you are mourning for your lost ones. \u00bb<\/p><p>When the man asked this person why he had not told him what was<br \/>said the day before, he replied that he was not allowed to speak<br \/>his native language while the chief was around.<\/p><p>It was on account of this adventure that henceforth the old people,<br \/>whenever they killed a grizzly bear, would paint stripes across<br \/>its skin. Also, when they gave a feast, no matter if a person were<br \/>their enemy, they would invite him to the feast and become friends<br \/>just as this old man did with the bears.<\/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>Mythology Haida-Tlingit-Tsimshian Wiki The Tlingits are an indigenous ethnic group of North America, more specifically an indigenous people of Alaska. 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