Sedna’s story is an Eskimo myth that explains the fury of the sea, when Eskimo fishermen have a good day of fishing, they must take some of the water that accompanies the fish and throw it into the ocean. they’re doing this, they’ll tell you it’s an offering to Sedna, the goddess of the sea.
This Eskimo myth has several versions. Below we tell you one of the most complete, it is said that a long time ago lived in the North Pole an old man, always accompanied by his daughter Sedna, a very beautiful woman, and she just wanted to find a man who made her happy. However, few men came to this area.
- This Eskimo myth tells us that one day a very tall and muscular man appeared in these regions.
- Dressed in fine skins and beautiful jewels.
- Sedna could not believe it.
- When she saw him from afar.
- She ran to comb her long hair and be pretty with this stranger.
“At every moment of my life, there has been a woman who has taken me by the hand to a reality that women know much better than men and in which they are oriented much better, even in less light. ” – Gabriel García Marquez-
Sedna’s father did not want to part with her daughter, however, food was scarce and she thought it was better to see her leave with a husband than to let her stay and they both had to go hungry.
The strange man was covered in a long robe and his face could not be seen. However, Sedna’s father went to see him and asked if he was looking for a woman. The man nodded. Then the eldest told her that she had a beautiful daughter at the age of marrying and that, if she wished, she could marry her.
The man agreed. The father shared the news with his daughter Sedna, who found it strange that he had already made the proposal to her, wouldn’t it be better if he met the stranger first to find out if he would be a good man for her?she obeyed her father and left on her new husband’s boat, both sailing to their new home.
The Eskimo myth says that when Sedna arrived at her new home she was absolutely horrified, there was only a pile of animal skins in one corner and an accumulation of bird feathers, all this located on the edge of an abyss. It was cold and the place was carefree and ugly.
The worst thing happened when her husband took off his robe, had no face, his head was like that of a crow, he immediately realized that he was an evil sorcerer she had already heard of. I wanted a woman, but no woman had agreed to marry him because she had a reputation for being very petty.
The place has been taken away from everything and everyone. In the morning, the sorcerer became a crow, went fishing in the afternoon and brought food for him and Sedna. She should eat raw fish, like him. All she did was cry and cry, her cries of pain were so terrible that even though she was so far away, her father heard her, so she regretted what she had done and went looking for it.
Sedna’s father got to where they were and managed to save her, put her on her boat and began to go home, however, a black shadow began to fly over them. He was the sorcerer, who had become a giant crow and was flapping his wings to shake the sea. Soon a great storm formed and the ship began to spin. The father, fearing what the sorcerer might do to him, threw Sedna into the sea. Sea.
The sea was cold, Sedna was able to swim and hold the boat, but her father just wanted to get rid of it, so she took an axe and cut off her fingers. They fell into the sea and became seals and fish. Although she was injured, Sedna tried again to hold the ship with the part of her hand that she still had. But the father cut off his hands, which fell into the sea and became whales. That’s how Sedna sank.
This Eskimo myth tells us that Sedna is not dead, on the contrary, she became a goddess. Legend has it that when your hair gets tangled, big storms form in the Arctic that affect all anglers; to stay calm, shamans must dive and comb it; they should also remind everyone that women and the sea must always be respected.