Amala (mythology)

Amala (mythology)

Amala is a mythological giant of the Tsimshian Native Americans. He holds up the Earth on a spinning pole behind his back and must balance it. Once a year, a servant applies duck-oil to his muscles to relieve him. The Tsimshian believe that once all the ducks have been hunted to extinction, the servant will not come to apply the duck-oil and the world will fall from the pole and be destroyed.

See also

*Tsimshian
*Tsimshian mythology


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