Week 10 Alaskan Stories Part B

For the second part of the unit, I chose to take notes over the story about the boy in the moon.

Notes:

• There lived 4 brothers and a sister, and a boy who was friends with the sister
• The boy was lazy and did not like to hunt
• The little boy eventually falls in love with the girl.
• One day, the girl saw a ladder leading to the sky.
• As she began to climb, her brothers got worried, and yelled after her
• The little boy climbed after her, but she was too far ahead.
• The girl became the sun, and the boy became the moon
• The moon always chases the sun, but will never catch her.

The Moon over Anchorage

Story source: Myths and Legends of Alaska, edited by Katharine Berry Judson (1911).