Legend of the Raven

195715 minFilm: Fiction, Children's film

Produced by Crawley Films Ltd. for Imperial Oil Ltd.

This title is an acquisition.

An Eskimo legend that tells why the raven can no longer speak as men do, an ability that it once possessed. Like most Eskimo legends this one, too, is founded on the belief that there are spirits in all things animate and inanimate.

Subject categories


  • Literature and Language - Canada > Children's MaterialsInuit Traditional Stories
  • Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Indigenous SpiritualityMythology
  • Literature and Language > Indigenous Traditional Stories
  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > Traditional stories