This has got to be one of my favorite creation stories thematically. The breaking of the stereotypical sun bringing life is very interesting. In this story, the sun brought death unto people, but in return they could leave their homes and hunt. I would really enjoy writing a story from the perspective of one of these 'first men'. Maybe I could even write the life story of the first man to die, who just couldn't figure out how to die. I could also have him recounting the events of his life, like when the first woman found him and made him clothes, or when he found the dogs. Lots of possibilities with this one.
The Giant Dog:
This is a strange story with an unusual twist at the end, but I like that. I could write the story from the perspective of the man who owns the giant dog, or even a frightened villager recounting the tales of this monstrous beast.
Source: Eskimo Folk-Tales by Knud Rasmussen with illustrations by native Eskimo artists (1921).
Image:Drawing of a giant dog lifting a sleeping man out of bed. Main illustration for the story "The Fangs of Tsan-Lo". Internal illustration from the Canadian reprint edition of the pulp magazine Weird Tales (January 1946, vol. 38, no. 3, page 77). Source: Wikimedia
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