The Great Flood and the Origin of the Tides (Tlingit)
Raven made a woman under the earth to have charge of the rise and fall of the tides. One time he wanted to explore everything beneath the ocean and commanded the tide woman to raise the water. She made the tide rise very slowly so the people had time to load their canoes and climb to the mountaintops. As the water lifted the canoes between the mountains, bears and other wild animals swam out to them, and those with dogs had good protection. Some people walled the mountaintops and tied their canoes inside. When the tide began to fall, the people followed it down, but the trees were gone and the