raven and the whale
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A native story told with expressive typographyTRANSCRIPT
&Raven
whaleTHE
∆ inuit story
Raven
whale
&Raven
whaleTHE
∆ inuit story
Typographicly intrepreted by
Marina DeVeiteo
—Spring 2010
∆ inuit story..................
..................
in t
he
very
beginning of Ω
me,
–the–
inuitpeople
say
• •
•
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with a maninside.raven
created everything,
raven created the world .
&ABird
araven was both ][
a¡er
He decided to remain on the earth
in th
e ve
ry beginning of Ωm
e, th
e in
uit people say
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people ∆d
the animals∆d was curious
aboutthem
Even though he had
made the world, he did
not know everything
there was to know.
H
e
loved the
all.
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whale
Raven liked to
Kayak o u t
into the Sea.
p h
is
aone day he saw
large
a dd ∞e
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“I wonder
what it looks like
inside the belly
of a whale.”
He said,
–w a i t e d
the whale y a w n e d.
open,
w
ideUn
til
Raven
pa dd ∞edHe
right in.
when
its
mou
th w
as
He tied his kayak
to one of The
whale’s Teeth &
started walking Inside
The whale’s body.
The mouth
of The wha ∞e
c ∞osed Behind
him—
∆d it
Grew
Dark.
the
white
bones
of th
e whale’s ribs
rose
up a
round
like
iv
ory p
illars.
Raven heard a s o u n d
like adrum
— or —
distant thunder.
H e w a l k e d
until h e c a m e
to thebelly of the whale.
center
Of the whale’s belly, Raven saw A beautiful girl
In the
Dan c ing.
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strin
gs
She hadaµached
To her feet –& hands …
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to the
heart Of the whale •
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stretching
“She is so
beautiful. I would
like to take her out
of this whale and
marry her.”
Raven—
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hhertoe said
I m
ade the world.
I am Raven.
Will you come with me
into the world
-&-be mywife?
..................
”
“
°
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Raven,
I cannøt ∞eave the whale.
Heart&sou∞I am
of the
whale
The maiden replied,
But if you want to
stay here & keep me company, that would make
happy.
the
me ”
“
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revealing his human face.
He to∫ed back his wings ∆d sat with his hands on his knees.
He watched the girl as she
threw back
his beak,
Raven
…dan ced
~Soon,~
the girl danced so
s l o w l ythat she stopped moving
and her eyes closed.
Raven felt a cool wind
from the world low
through the spout of the
whale.
when
she danced quickly
the whale soared through the water.
f oated calmly.
bl o w
when she danced slowly the whale
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.
He heard the strings
he f ew with her out of t
he w
hal
e ∆
d u
p in
to t
he
sky.
*s-n-a-p*as
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He grabbed the girl.
As he few,
Raven heard
The whale was dead—
and disappeared.
and the girl in his arms grew smaller and smaller
whale's body
onto the shore
below in the ocean.the whale
he watched the
tossed
by the waves
thrashing
as it was
Raven realized
that everything
that is alive has a
heart ∆d a soul
∆d everything in
the world is born
∆d dies.
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was
overcome
—with —
great sorro
][He
W .
He was so
sad
. . . ...............
whalethat he landedon the sand beside the body of the
For weeks he c and r
i
e
d
c r
i
e
d
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Ravenbegan to
o u t
a cn ed
he
a cn eddfor weeks.
—
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then—Ravenbegan to
o u t
i gns hea gnsfor weeks.
°
until
his
heart
was
soo
thed
, then
he
flew
back u p i n t o t h e s k y . . .
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He promised the hum∆s
∆d the ∆ima∞s that he
wou∞d a∞ways return to
this wor∞d as ∞ong as we cared
for one ∆other and understood
that everything in this wor∞d ∞iv∑
∆d di∑, ∆d everyone human ∆d
∆ima∞ has a heart ∆d a sou∞.
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Rraven’s tears were the first tears.
His dance and his song of grief ∆d
healing were the first song ∆d the
first dance.