Two Mallard Ducks

Collected by Julia Averkieva from the Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) of Vancouver Island, Canada. According to legend mallard ducks were originally blind women digging for clover and cinquefoil root. Qaneqelaku (a myth person) gave them eyesight by spitting on their eyes. He later turned them into birds.

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1  2  3  4  5  6  7  all © 2008 ISFA. All rights reserved.		Step 6 - Arrange as needed and re-extend; you have "Two Mallard Ducks" swimming in a river.