Raven

The Raven cycle refers to a collection of trickster-transformer tales from the Native Americans of the Northwest Pacific Coast. These stories feature Raven, a bird-human who is both clever and foolish. Raven's insatiable hunger and greed lead to adventures that explain the creation of the human world.

In these tales, Raven often causes chaos, which he then resolves, sometimes at his own expense. He transforms the world from a dark, barren place into one with rivers, lakes, and mountains, and populates it with animals and humans. He achieves these transformations through deception, impersonation, and trickery. Similar trickster figures, like Coyote, appear in tales from other North American Indigenous groups.12