Tsimshian mythology

An adaawx(or true tellings) is a story concerning animal spirits in human guise and is usually linked to the origin of the Earth and the peoples on it.

[2]: 160 Tsimshian creation myth presupposes a dark and still universe populated by a variety of animal spirits.

[2]: 165  An animal chief pampers his son, causing him to fall sick and die, and his intestines are burned.

This triggers an enormous appetite in the boy, who begins to eat so much that the chief and villagers send him away with a raven blanket.

[2]: 171 As Raven begins to develop a sense of generosity, he hosts a potlatch, in which he shares food with many guests.

Tsimshian ceremonial club of carved antler bone, circa 1750. The head carved at top of the club may be the first owner of the Wolf crest, carved on the projecting tine. The club may have been used by Tsimshian shamans in religious ceremonials.