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Yeilk

YELK

jɛlk

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Yeilk

Origin: Tlingit (Alaska)
Meaning: a Tlingit masculine name derived from the Raven, the central transformer figure in Tlingit oral literature who brought light to the world and shaped the landscape through trickery, curiosity, and creative power; in Tlingit cosmology Raven is the supreme cultural hero whose actions established the conditions of human life; men of the Raven moiety who bear names derived from this being carry a connection to that creative and transformative energy as well as to the rights and crests belonging to their clan
Gender: male

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