{"id":21654,"date":"2022-08-01T11:42:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=21654"},"modified":"2022-08-01T11:44:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:44:10","slug":"conte-tlingit-natsilane","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/haida-tlingit-tsimshian-mythology\/tale-tlingit-natsilane\/","title":{"rendered":"Tlingit story: Natsilane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/haida-tlingit-tsimshian-mythology\/\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHaida-Tlingit-Tsimshian Mythology<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpeople.us\/FP-Html-Legends\/Natsilane-Tlingit.html\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\twiki<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<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 Natsilane (en).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Natsilan\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-natsilane\/#Natsilane\" >Natsilan<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Natsilane\"><\/span>Natsilan<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In a time before there were any killer whales there lived a very<br \/>able sea lion hunter and a highly skilled carver named Natsilane.<br \/>He was from Kake and when he took as his wife the daughter of a<br \/>chief on Duke Island, he decided to live among his people. He was<br \/>accepted into his family and because he tried hard to prove himself,<br \/>he soon had a place of honor as an accomplished hunter and spear carver.<\/p>\n<p>His desire to please won him the admiration of the youngest of<br \/>his brothers-in-law but the oldest ones misunderstood his intentions<br \/>and became jealous and so began to plot against him. The men decided<br \/>to get even with Natsilane on the day of the big seal hunt.<\/p>\n<p>After much preparation, the day of the big hunt arrived and Natsilane<br \/>along with his four new brothers paddled their canoe toward West<br \/>Devil Rock, out in the open straits. The wind was blowing fiercely<br \/>and the waves were high but Natsilane was determined that the hunt<br \/>would be successful. When the canoe neared the rocks, he leaped<br \/>toward shore and plunged his spear into the nearest sea lion before<br \/>it could escape. Unfortunately, the point broke off and the lion<br \/>slipped into the water. Worse yet, Natsilane saw that his brothers,<br \/>over the fierce objections of the youngest, were paddling away-<br \/>abandoning him on the deserted island with no food or weapons. Their<br \/>betrayal stung him deeply and after a time, he pulled his cloak<br \/>up over his head and fell asleep.<\/p>\n<p>Natsilane awoke the next morning to the sound of his name. He saw<br \/>a sea lion that looked like a man beckoning to him to go with him<br \/>down beneath the waves into the Sea Lion&#039;s House. At the great house<br \/>he met the chief of the sea lions who asked him if he could help<br \/>his injured son. Natsilane saw that the young lion had his spear<br \/>point embedded in his body and with some effort was able to remove<br \/>it and the son was healed. The chief was very grateful and after<br \/>granting Natsilane even greater skills, arranged for his safe return<br \/>to the village.<\/p>\n<p>Natsilane met with his wife and after telling her his story, he<br \/>made her promise to keep his return a secret. He took with him his<br \/>carving tools and went into the woods to carry out a plan of revenge<br \/>on the older brothers-in-law who had betrayed him. Remembering<br \/>the Sea-Lion Chief&#039;s promise, he asked him for help and began carving<br \/>a large black fish, a killer whale of spruce the likes of which<br \/>had never been seen before. After three tries and much improvement<br \/>in his carving skills, he fashioned a whale of yellow cedar and<br \/>when launched, came to life and swam out to sea.<\/p>\n<p>He called the black fish to him and ordered it to find his brothers-in-law<br \/>when they returned from their hunting, destroy them and their boat<br \/>but spare the youngest boy. The black fish set out and found them<br \/>late that afternoon. black fish capsized the boat breaking it in<br \/>two and drowned the older three brothers by keeping them from shore.<br \/>The youngest made it back safely along with his story of the great<br \/>blackfish and his brothers&#039; treachery.<\/p>\n<p>The villagers now came to wonder if Natsilane had carved the great<br \/>black fish and given it life. Not long afterward, a strange black<br \/>fish with teeth was seen near the shore and at times would leave<br \/>a freshly killed seal or halibut there for the villagers. Natsilane<br \/>had instructed it never again to harm humans but instead, to help<br \/>them. As he continued to help the villagers, they realized that<br \/>the \u201cKiller Whale\u201d was a gift from Natsilane and so they<br \/>took it for their crest. Natsilane became a legend to their village<br \/>and some have claimed to have seen him riding the seas on the backs<br \/>of two great black fish.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haida-Tlingit-Tsimshian Mythology wiki The Tlingits are an indigenous ethnicity of North America, specifically an Alaska Native people. 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