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wife tries to get hirn back (211). Another man who had given his 

 wife cause for jealousy was struck by her in the face. When she 

 left him, he followed her, crying, trying to get her back (1.111). 



Another phase of domestic life is revealed in quarrels between hus- 

 band and wife. A woman whom her husband has offended by scold- 

 ing her does not follow entreaties when he assures her of his love 

 and asks her to come back (139). A man who has been gambling 

 makes his wife so angry, that she throws the dishes into the fire and 

 upbraids him, saying he ought to many the daughter of a super- 

 natural being. This induces him to leave her and to seek the home 

 of the supernatural woman. Improper behavior of the husband 

 makes the wife fust of all downcast (207). In N 126 a man deserts 

 his wife because he is tired of her. 



Faithlessness of woman is the motive in several stories. When it 

 is discovered that a woman is faithless to her husband, who, in con- 

 sequence of her actions, has hard luck and is killed by an accident, 

 his brothers kill her lover (1.195). On 317 a chieftainess is said to 

 be in love with the Wolf chief, and the chief's nephew is in love with 

 the chief's wife (214). Jealousy without cause is the theme of the 

 tale on 270. 



The polygamic relations also enter into our stories. The chief with 

 ono wife on each side 1 is described in N 194 and N 205. The hunter, 

 when he comes home, divides the game between his wives (238, 1.161). 

 Very often difficulties arise because the chief loves one wife more than 

 the other. In 217 he loves his second wife best because she has a 

 child. In 1S1 it is said that he loves one more than the other; and 

 in 207 that he loves the noblest wife best. Jealousy between wives 

 is the subject of 216, 23S. 



Only in one case are the two wives of a man said to be sisters (317) . 



Brotfters and Sisters. — The relations between brothers and sisters 

 are also touched upon. A woman who has been insulted by her hus- 

 band is asked by her brothers in the most loving terms to go home 

 with them (140); and when she is being transformed into an animal, 

 the brothers can not forget her (141). We are told that brothers 

 love their only sister (278), and six brothers go out in search of their 

 sister who has been lost (163). On 283 one brother after another 

 loses his life in the attempt to rescue his sister from the Bear who has 

 abducted her. After the people in a village have been killed by a 

 supernatural being, a brother takes his sister along, and_ they leave 

 the village together (157; see also p. 459). When a poor woman 

 returns home with her child, her brothers make fun of her and let 

 her live in the corner of the house (1.167). After they have killed 

 their sister's husband, they maltreat his widow. Only the youngest 

 one takes pity on her (1.137). 



