52 Gunnar Landtman. 



OTHER TALES ABOUT SNAKES AND WOMEN. 



415. A woman killed a fish which was the wite of a snake, and in tiie night the rep- 

 tile came and had connection with her. The woman gave birth to two snakes and was told by 

 the large snake that she would die if she killed them. They were killed by her husband, and 

 she died. 



416. A snake captured a number of girls and they became his wives. He had also a 

 human form, and after a time he and his wives went and lived with the people. He was killed 

 and turned into a kind of turtle which since then the people refrain from eating. 



417. A snake came and suckad a woman who was in childbed. 



418. A snake who was also a man carried awa\' a woman and married her. 



THE SNAKE WHICH TRANSFORMED ITSELF INTO A CANOE. 



419. A snake which had been killed by the people transformed itself into a canoe, and 

 the people sailed in it to an Island where they caught fish. The canoe drowned them by sinking 

 down with them into the water. Two men who had found out that the canoe was a snake 

 saved themselves. 



THE SNAKE AND THE HUNTER WHO WANTED WHITE FEATHERS. 



420. A man who went to shoot white birds for a feather head-dress was captured by a 

 snake who kept him in a tree. After a time he managed to escape, and the snake who came in 

 pursuit killed the wrong man. — The snake treated the man kindly and gave him white feathers. 

 After a time the latter returned home. — The man captured by the snake promised to give the 

 latter his sister, but as he failed to persuade her, the snake came and carried her away, and she 

 became his wife. 



THE SNAKE WHOSE DAUGHTER WAS MARRIED TO A MAN. 



421. A man married the daughter of a snake without knowing who his father-in-law 

 was. The woman summoned her father to look after her baby while she and her husband were 

 working in their garden. Once the man returned home alone, and on seeing the snake he killed 

 it. He was distressed on hearing whom he had killed, and the snake was brought to life again. 

 The snake wanted to kill the man but finally forgave him. 



THE MAN WHO WAS SWALLOWED BY A SNAKE. 



422. A man was swallowed by a snake in the bush and remained three da\s in the 

 reptile's belly. His wife was told in a dream of his whereabouts, the snake was killed, and he 

 was brought home. 



Tom. XLVIl. 



