In a myth that may or may not be related, a girl of the Raven tribe is revealed to be missing, having likely been kidnapped from her canoe. Raven's tribesmen come to his aid (having only seen the retaliation of Octopus, not the act leading up to it), but he springs back to life, and goes about his business as normal. Still, his nature as a trickster spares him any true consequence. As revenge, she turned back into her true animal form, and held Raven under the water, and left him for drowned.
However, rather than simply showing pestering curiosity, he was overcome with passionate lust, and attacked Octopus in an act of rape. In those tales, it is maintained that the Raven happened upon Octopus while in the midst of her clam digging. Though, some tales make Octopus' retaliation a bit more appropriate. The next day, he was back (having easily returned from the dead), but from then on, he never asked another question of Octopus again. Raven's people, having watched the whole ordeal from afar, did nothing, as they knew his nature as a trickster. Despite his struggling, Octopus held Raven fast, until the water grew higher and higher, and at last, Octopus left Raven for drowned. As the water rose higher and higher, Raven answered politely, yet nervously, "You have answered my question, Octopus. And I am digging them."īy then, the tide had begun to draw nearer.
To spite him, Octopus answered him, "Yes. Her hair turned back to tentacles, and she grabbed hold of the Raven. The Raven inquired of her: "Octopus, are you digging for clams?".Īt first, the Octopus woman ignored him, but after the fourth time asking, she was fed up with his annoyance. For example, there is a myth about a man from the Raven tribe happened upon an Octopus-tribe woman with eight long braids of hair, who was using a stick to prod the shore of the beach. In particular, accounts of their existence are first recorded among such cultures as the Haida, Tligit, Tsimshian and Nootka tribes.Īmong these, the Native Americans seem to attribute a certain connection between the Octopus-People, and the Raven People. The Cecaelia is a creature with origins in Asian and Native American mythology, legend and folklore.
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