THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

THE STORY

• The Legend of the Northern Lights says that if you stay out past dark, the Spirits, or Northern Lights who are playing soccer, will come down and take you and use your head for a ball.

WHERE THE lEGEND CAME FROM

• This urban legend comes from northern Alaska, from an Inuit tribe.

How the Legend has Changed Over Time

• Other Alaska Native variations of the story are spirits of dead ancestors playing soccer with a walrus, or the other way around, walrus spirits playing with a human head.

HOW THE LEGEND HAS CHANGED OVER TIME

• The legend has changed over time. Depending on the area the story seems to be different. My best guess is that it was misinterpreted when people from other villages came over.

THE MESSAGE

• The message of the story of the Northern Lights is not to stay out past dark or bad things will happen.

DID IT COME FROM A REAL STORY?

• From my knowledge there is no real story that this legend is made off of.

WORKS CITED

• Nelson, Marsea. “Fifteen Native Tales About The Northern Lights”. Good Nature Travel. Natural Habitat Adventures and WWF. 2017. Web. 1 Nov. 2018.
• “Northern Lights Legends from Around the World”. The Aurora Zone. The Artisan Travel Company. n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2018.