Legendary Figures

A young maiden of the Quileute captures a bird of many colors. Her father is delighted that she now has a wonderful dowry of colorful feathers (a very desirable trade item).

The Japanese believed in ancient times that the fox upon reaching the age of 500 years could than transform into a other forms. Here it is portrayed as a woman.

In the sixteenth century the Takeda and Uesugi families were feuding. The daughter of Uesugi Kenshin was in love with Takeda Katsuyori, son of her father’s greatest rival.

His clothes were in tatters. Chokiuka seemed oblivious to the cold wind that blew through his tattered clothing. He gave all appearances of a common street beggar.

At the beginning of the world the people had no fire. They asked Coyote for help. Coyote knew that the witches the Skokums had fire. He snuck up on their fire and set his torch aflame. As he ran down the mountain he handed the flame off to various animals including frog.

Clothed in grape leaves this Goddess embodies the spirit of the vineyard.

A legend from NW Washington. A man consumed by greed is tricked by the spirits to climb MT Rainier and dig up a treasure. Upon his descent he falls asleep and awakes to find he slept a hundred years. His wife had died in poverty. He realized he had lost what matter most while looking for what he had thought was treasure.