boas] COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY 567 



1. THE RAVEN AND TRANSFORMER MYTHS OF THE NORTHWEST 

 COAST 



The Raven Myth 



The incidents composing the Raven myth have a very wide distri- 

 bution on the North Pacific coast of America. They may be traced 

 from the Asiatic side of Bering Strait eastward and southward as far 

 as the southern part of Vancouver Island. Among the Haida these 

 tales are comprised under the title "Raven Traveling." 



Before entering into a discussion of the special forms of the tale, I 

 will give a list of the component incidents, beginning with those 

 common to most of the tribes of the North Pacific coast area. A 

 summary statement of these is given here: 



ORIGIN TALES (NOS. 1-17) 



1. Origin of daylight Ts 60; Ts 5.276; Na 10; N6 21, 36; Tla 3; 



T16 81, 82; Tl 4.261; Tl 5.311; Tit 117; Kai 238; Mb 308; 

 Ska 116; Hai 6.25; H 5.232; H ap 884; BC 63; BC 5.241; 

 Ria5.208; Ri& 5.209; Nu5.105; NuapSSS; Car 126; Chill4; 

 Kodiak85; Ten'a 304; Anvik9; Esk Nelson 461; Ne 5.173; 

 Ne 9.233; Ne 10.393; Cow 6.25; Na5.55; Squ Hill-Tout 3.545; 

 Chehalis Boas 191; Puget Sound; Lil 300; Loucheux Fort 

 McPherson;Esk Boas 205; Esk Nelson 483 ; Asiatic Esk 431; 

 Chukchee 155. 



2. Raven threatens to let out the daylight Ts 61; Ts 5.276; Na 15; 



m 23; Tla 5; T15 82; Tl 4.263; Tl 5.313; Hai 6.27; Ma 329; 

 M6 310; Ska 117; Hai Dawson 1.151 B; H ap 885; Nu ap 891. 



3. Raven breaks up the moon and puts it in the skv Tl 5.313 ; Mb 311; 



Ska 118. 



4. Origin of fresh water NZ> 25; Tla 4; T16 83; Tic 4.259; Tld 4.260; 



Tl 5.313; Tl 6.27; Kai 235; Ma 318; Mb 293; Ska 115; Hai 

 Dawson 1.150 B; H 5.232; Ri 5.209; Ne 5.174; Ne 9.225; 

 K 9.167; Nu 5.108; Nu ap 892. See also Ts 65, 69; N6 17; 

 K 10.322. 



5. Origin of olachen Ts 65; Ts6.29; Na27; N&32; Tla 13; Tl 4.263; 



Ska 117; Hai Dawson 1.151 B; H ap 888; Ne 9.235; Till 144. 

 See also Ts 63; Tl a 11; Tl & 93; Tl b 103; Kai 236; Ma 320; 

 Ma 326; M 378; Sk 255; Sk 192. 



6. Origin of the tides Ts 64; Tla 9; T\b 120; Tl 5.313; Mb 303; Ska" 



128; Hai 5.308. See also H 5.232; Ri 5.215; Ne 5.175; Ne 

 9.229; K5.158; K9.493; K 10.278; K 11.88, 94; Nu Swan 65. 



7. Raven makes war on Southeast Wind Ts 79; Ska 129; Ska 143; 



Ne 5.1S6; Ne 9.227; Ne 10.350; K 9.494; K 11.98; Nu 5.100; 

 Nu Swan 92. 



8. Origin of fire Ts 63; Na 31; Tla 11; T16 83; Tl 4.263; Tl 5.314; 



Ma 315; Sk/135; Hai 6.31 ; H 5.241 ; BC 62; Ri 5.214; RiMS; 

 Ne 5.187; K 9.494; Nu 5.102 [2 versions]; Nu ap 894; Nu 

 Sproat 178; Co 5.80. See also K 5.158; Naa 5.54; Na& 5.54; 

 Sts 5.43; Squ Hill-Tout 3.544; Chil 15; Car 125; Lil 301. 



