Petrel
Tlingit · deity · mythic primordial · Recorded classification
Male deity-class being; a foil to Raven in the freshwater-origin myth. Sometimes treated as one of the senior beings of the first age. Recorded by Swanton at Sitka and Wrangell.
Domains
- fresh water
Powers
- guard the world's only everlasting spring
Relations
- rival: RavenReciprocal of tlingit_raven.rival — Petrel kept the only fresh water; Raven tricked and robbed him, scattering the stolen water as the rivers while Petrel's fog-hat wrapped the world.Swanton, John R. Tlingit Myths and Texts, BAE Bulletin 39, 1909, Raven cycle. (primary)
Sources
- Petrel (Ganook) is the primordial owner and guardian of the only fresh water in the world until Raven steals it to create the rivers.: Swanton, John R. Tlingit Myths and Texts, BAE Bulletin 39, 1909. (secondary)