Reading Notes: British North America Part A

Creation of Light - An old chief owned all the light, fire and water. Everywhere else was darkness. The other people were all animal people. and they decided to trick him into giving them some light. They put on their masks and dancing aprons and showed up at the chief's house for a dance uninvited.
"Fox kept singing, 'Khain, khain, khain' because he thought in that way he would gain light. Therefore the animals call him Khain, which means, 'He cries for daylight.'"

Each animal persona sang their own song, and sang "Light, light, light, light." 

Light began to creep into the sky like the dawn. The chief said "Let there not be" and the light went away. The animal people sang again and the light "began to steal into the sky."

The chief saw it, became excited and confused by all the noise, and said "Let there be light", and the light came into the sky to stay.

I can see Fox and the others in their masks singing, Joker wearing his apron from the cafe.

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Why the Sun is Bright - An entire village moved away because they didn't like a boy. They left him and his grandma alone there and they expected them to starve. The grandma told the boy to go spear animals and fish. She made him a very large, bright robe from the skins of the birds he caught. The sun saw it and offered to trade his robe that was dull and had fringe at the ends. He showed the boy that each fringe would catch a fish if he laid it on the water. The boy traded, and the sun started wearing the bright robe which was so bright that no one could look at him.

Myths and Legends of British North America by Katharine Berry Judson. Web Source.