520 TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY 



Tsimshian (G-ispawadwE'da) Haida (Ravens) 



1. Grizzly bear | 

 28. Grizzly-bear hat] 



2. Killer whale 



19. Killer whales joining! 

 46. Raven in bottom of sea 

 21. Thunder 

 4. Rainbow 



3. Moon 

 7. Star 



Mountain goat 



Grizzly bear 

 Killer whale 



Tlingit ( Wolves) 

 Grizzly bear 



Killer whale 



Ts !Emas 



Thunderbird Thunder 



Rainbow 



Moon 



Star 



Mountain goat Mountain goat 



There is also a close correspondence between certain Tsimshian and 

 Haida Eagle crests and the Tlingit Raven crests. 



Haida (Eagles) Tlingit (Ravens) 



Tsimshian ( Eagles) 



1. Eagle 



House 1. Eagle house 



14. Over ten eagles 



20. Stone carving of eagle 

 28. Eagle's nest 

 30. Eagle claws 



2. Beaver 



13. Standing beaver 



15. Food of copper beaver 

 7. Tree gnawed by beaver 

 House 4. Beavpr house 

 House 5. Lake house 



12. Whale's body 



3. Halibut 



9. Cormorant hat 



Eagle 



Beaver 



Whale 



Halibut 



Cormorant 



Beaver 



Whale 



For the other two exogamic groups the correspondences are not so 

 clear. Some of the Tsimshian Raven crests correspond to Haida. 

 Eagle crests. 



Tsimshian (Ganha'da) Haida (Eagles) Tlingit (Ravens) 



