One Who Walks All Over the Sky (Tsimshian)
This Tsimshian myth explains the origin of the sun, moon, and night sky. After Weeget (Giant/Raven) brought light from heaven, there was still the question of who would carry the sun across the sky each day and what the patterns of stars meant. The One Who Walks All Over the Sky is a supernatural being assigned to carry the sun on his daily journey from east to west. He walks across the dome of the sky, and his path determines the seasons. When he walks high, it is summer; when low, winter. The stars are his footprints or the campfires of other sky beings. This story is part of the larger Tsim