The Ghost Land by Katharine Judson: This story was very peculiar and strange. I have found that many of the Alaskan Indian tales are sad and include death. This story in particular is about the wife of the chief's son that died. He goes to ghost land and finds her and brings her back, but others can only see her shadow. I think this could represent the fact that when a loved one dies we still see them everywhere. We are reminded of them in our everyday lives and it is easy to still picture them being with us. For others, they may only see the shadow, not the full picture.
The Boy in the Mood by Katharine Judson: This story is how the sun and the moon came to be and how they rotate about the world. A boy was in love with a girl and tried to follow her into the sky. He was unable to keep up though and so he became the moon and she became the sun. When he began to fade, she would feed him and make him whole again. This story seems to be about how a woman provides for a man, instead of the other way around which I thought was interesting.
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