Raven Brings Light (Nuxalk - Qwaxw)
In the beginning, when the world was covered in darkness, the people were in constant sadness and prayed to the Creator Alhkw'ntam for light. Alhkw'ntam held the sun in a box in his longhouse in Nusmata (the land above) and let no one see it. The Four Carpenters who made the world were sitting around a fire when the eldest, Yulm, grabbed a piece of charcoal and shook it in his hands. When he opened his hands, it was a bird. The second Carpenter made its wings, the third made its eyes, and the youngest gave it life. They asked the bird to say its name and it flew into the sky crying 'Qwaxw, qwa