Legends
 
 Harp Song
 

Traditional Culture 1
 

Traditional Culture 2
 

Native North American
 

 

 
 

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Orca In Traditional Culture:

All around the world, people have many different beliefs about killer whales.  Some cultures despise killer whales and others worship them.

 
 

Icelandic sagas and folklore have descriptions of evil killer whales that attack fisherman and sink boats.

          
 

 

  

Tribes of the Pacific Northwest believed killer whales shifted shape to become humans and visa versa.
 

Haida people in the Pacific Northwest believed killer whales had the power to give them strength, health, and wealth.  Women of the Haida culture brought their children to the shore to bathe their feet in the surf created by killer whales.


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Citations

middle "Pacific Northwest" graphic - Microsoft Office Online

 

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