Myths and Legends of Alaska: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Myths and Legends of Alaska, credited to Katharine Berry Judson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Myths and Legends of Alaska by Katharine Berry Judson. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. Editor Katharine Berry Judson collates and presents a narrative history of Alaskan Myths. Originally gathered and recorded by government ethnologists, she paints an overall picture of Alaskan history as told by its many tribes. From the Eskimo to the Tlingit, from the Tsetsaut to the Haida, the origin of the still-wild state begins with the great Bird (often called "Raven") and branches out, through its legends, in wonderful and amazing directions. (Summary by John N. Daily)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Myths and Legends of Alaska
• Author credits: Katharine Berry Judson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 64
• Listed recording duration: 2:39:38

Catalogue topics

• myths
• Legends
• Alaska
• folklore
• Eskimo
• Yukon
• raven
• tsetsaut

Opening tracks: first 24 of 64

1. 00 - Preface — 5:11
2. 01 - The Raven Myth (Eskimo) — 21:15
3. 02 - The Flood (Tlingit) — 4:25
4. 03 - The Origin of the Tides (Tsetsaut) — 2:04
5. 04 - How the Rivers were Formed (Tlingit) — 1:31
6. 05 - The Origin of Fire (Tlingit) — 0:55
7. 06 - Duration of Winter (Tlingit) — 1:12
8. 07 - Raven’s Feast (Tlingit) — 1:55
9. 08 - Creation of the Porcupine (Tlingit) — 0:48
10. 09 - How Raven Taught the Chilkats (Tlingit) — 1:21
11. 10 - Raven’s Marriage (Eskimo) — 6:34
12. 11 - Raven and the Seals (Tsimshian) — 2:03
13. 12 - Raven and Pitch (Tsimshian) — 2:22
14. 13 - Raven’s Dancing Blanket (Tsimshian) — 1:28
15. 14 - Raven and the Gulls (Tsimshian) — 1:34
16. 15 - The Land Otter (Tlingit) — 1:28
17. 16 - Raven and Coot (Athapascan) — 1:21
18. 17 - Raven and Marmot (Eskimo) — 2:48
19. 18 - The Bringing of the Light by Raven (Eskimo) — 5:11
20. 19 - Daylight on the Nass River (Tlingit) — 1:55
21. 20 - The Naming of the Birds (Tlingit) — 3:30
22. 21 - The Origin of the Winds (Tlingit) — 1:05
23. 22 - Duration of Life (Tlingit) — 1:13
24. 23 - Ghost Town (Tlingit) — 1:26

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