Himwitsa or Himwits'u is derived from the Nuu-chah-nulth language, translated as "Story Telling and the passing of knowledge from Elder to Youth".[1]

In the Canadian First Nations this category includes the mythologies of those peoples, as well as fables about The Raven and other animals.

References

  1. ↑ New, William H. (2002). Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 792. ISBN 978-0-8020-0761-2. in Nootka, himwits'u

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