{"id":21717,"date":"2022-08-01T17:53:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T17:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=21717"},"modified":"2022-08-01T17:56:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T17:56:27","slug":"conte-tsimshian-the-meeting-of-the-wild-animals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/haida-tlingit-tsimshian-mythology\/tale-tsimshian-the-meeting-of-the-wild-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Tale Tsimshian: The Meeting of the Wild Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21717\" class=\"elementor elementor-21717\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-167fd10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"167fd10\" 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-0f41826\" data-id=\"0f41826\" 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-9c93b55 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9c93b55\" 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-b33e335\" data-id=\"b33e335\" 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-c9ded05 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c9ded05\" 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\/TheMeetingOfTheWildAnimals-Tsimshian.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-1165ad0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1165ad0\" 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-4347421\" data-id=\"4347421\" 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-ef87d57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef87d57\" 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>Tsimshians<\/strong>\u00a0(Sm&#039;algyax:\u00a0<strong>Ts&#039;msyan<\/strong>listen)) are an indigenous people of North America. Their communities originate from the Skeena River estuary. Here is their tale: The Meeting of the Wild Animals.<\/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=\"The Meeting of the Wild Animals\" 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-4239936 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4239936\" 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-f44bbd5\" data-id=\"f44bbd5\" 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-fa4ab09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa4ab09\" 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_83 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-tsimshian-the-meeting-of-the-wild-animals\/#The-Meeting-of-the-Wild-Animals\" >The Meeting of the Wild Animals<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The-Meeting-of-the-Wild-Animals\"><\/span>The Meeting of the Wild Animals<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-8c4baf4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c4baf4\" 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-97a84d9\" data-id=\"97a84d9\" 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-b423e35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b423e35\" 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>A long time ago, when the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/haida-tlingit-tsimshian-mythology\/\">Tsimshian<\/a> lived on the upper Skeena River<br \/>in Prairie Town, they were the cleverest and the strongest of all<br \/>humans. They were good hunters and caught many animals. They went<br \/>hunting the whole year round, and all the animals feared for their survival.<\/p><p>Grizzly Bear invited all the large animals to his house. &quot; HAS<br \/>terrible calamity has come to us with these hunting people, who<br \/>pursue us even into our dens,\u201d he said. \u201cI suggest we<br \/>ask Him Who Made Us to give us more cold winter and keep the hunters<br \/>in their own houses and out of our dens! \u00bb All the large animals<br \/>agreed, and Wolf said, &quot;Let&#039;s invite all the small animals\u2013Porcupine,<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-dene\/\">Beaver<\/a>, Raccoon, Marten, Mink, and even the really small ones such<br \/>as Mouse and the insects\u2013to join us and increase our strength. \u00bb<\/p><p>On the following day the large animals assembled on a wide prairie<br \/>and called together all the small animals, even down to the insects.<br \/>The multitude sat down, the small animals on one side of the plain,<br \/>the large animals on the other. Panther came, and Black Bear, Wolf,<br \/>Elk, Reindeer, and Wolverine.<\/p><p>Then the chief speaker, Grizzly Bear, pink. \u201cFriends,\u201d<br \/>he said to the small animals and the insects, \u201cyou know very<br \/>well how the people hunt us on mountains and hills, even pursuing<br \/>us into our dens. Therefore, my brothers, we large animals have<br \/>agreed to ask Him Who Made Us to give our earth cold winters, colder<br \/>than ever, so that the people who hunt us cannot come into our dens<br \/>and kill us and you! Large animals, is this so? \u00bb<\/p><p>The Panther said, \u201cI fully support this wise counsel,\u201d<br \/>and all the large animals agreed. Grizzly Bear turned to the small<br \/>animals and said, \u201cWe want to know what you think of this matter. \u00bb<br \/>The small animals did not reply at first. After they had been silent<br \/>for a while, Porcupine rose and said, \u201cFriends, let me say<br \/>a word or two in response. Your strategy is very good for you, because<br \/>you have plenty of warm fur for the most severe cold. But look at<br \/>these little insects. They have no fur at all to warm them in winter.<br \/>Moreover, how can insects and small animals obtain food if winters<br \/>are colder? Therefore I say this: don&#039;t ask for more cold. \u00bb<br \/>Then he sat down.<\/p><p>Grizzly Bear rose again. \u201cWe need not pay attention to what<br \/>Porcupine says, he told the large animals. \u201cYou all agree,<br \/>don&#039;t you, that we should ask for the severest cold on earth? \u00bb<br \/>The large animals replied, \u201cYes, we do. We don&#039;t care for Porcupine&#039;s<br \/>reasoning. \u00bb<\/p><p>\u201cNow, listen once more! I will ask you just one question,\u201d<br \/>Porcupine said. &quot;If it&#039;s that cold, the roots of all the wild<br \/>berries will freeze and die, and all the plants of the prairie will<br \/>wither away. How will you get food? You large animals roam the mountains<br \/>wanting something to eat. When your request brings more winter frost,<br \/>you will die of starvation in spring or summer. But we will survive,<br \/>for we live on the bark of trees, the very small animals eat the<br \/>gum of trees, and the smallest insects find their food in the earth. \u00bb<\/p><p>After he had spoken, Porcupine put his thumb into his mouth, bit<br \/>it off, said, \u201cConfound it! and threw his thumb out of<br \/>his mouth to show the large animals how bold he was. He sat down<br \/>again, full of rage. Therefore the hand of the porcupine has only<br \/>four fingers, no thumb.<\/p><p>The large animals were speechless at Porcupine&#039;s wisdom. Finally<br \/>Grizzly Bear admitted, \u201cIt&#039;s true what you said. \u00bb<br \/>And the large animals thing Porcupine as their wise man and as the<br \/>first among the small animals. Together all the animals agreed that<br \/>the cold in winter should be the way it is now. And they settled<br \/>on six months for winter and six months for summer.<\/p><p>Then Porcupine spoke again in his wisdom: \u201cIn winter we will<br \/>have ice and snow. In spring we will have showers, and the plants<br \/>will become green. In summer we will have warmer weather, and all<br \/>the fishes will go up the rivers. In the fall the leaves will drop,<br \/>it will rain, and the rivers and brooks will overflow. Then all<br \/>animals, large and small, and those that creep on the ground, will<br \/>go into their dens and hide for six months. And after they had all<br \/>agreed to what Porcupine had proposed, they happily returned to their homes.<\/p><p>That&#039;s why wild animals, large and small, take to their dens in<br \/>winter. Only Porcupine does not hide, but goes about visiting his<br \/>neighbors. Porcupine also went to the animals that had slighted<br \/>him at the meeting and struck them dead with the quills in his tail.<br \/>That&#039;s why all the animals are afraid of Porcupine today.<\/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 Tsimshian (Sm&#039;algyax: Ts&#039;msyan) are an indigenous people of North America. 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