Sun Tsimshian

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In Tsimshian myth the Sun is a celestial chief whose son, Walks-All-Over-The-Sky, carries a burning cedar-bark mask across the heavens each day; sparks from his mouth become the stars and his charcoal-faced brother becomes the moon. In the Asdiwal story the Sun tests suitors for his daughter, who appears on earth as a white bear.

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