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62. Raven stamps the ground in the four corners of his father's 



house, and the four northern coast tribes appear M 305; 

 Ska, 122; Skg 141; Hai 6.33. 



63. After the Deluge, during which Raven saves himself by sticking 



his beak through a cloud while some people escape on top of 

 the mountains, he tells them to throw stones backward over 

 their heads; from these a new generation arises Hai 6.32. 



64. Raven carries a man to an island inhabited by women only 



Hai 6.32. 



65. He borrows Screech Owl's beak and replaces it by- the crooked 



nose of the Devilfish Sk/ 135. When Eagle complains that 

 Raven has given a present to every being except himself, 

 Raven twists Eagle's beak Hai 6.34. 



66. He pulls Bluejay's head long Ska 129. 



67. He transforms a flicker feather into flickers Ska 130. 



68. He throws away two of the ten arms of the Devilfish Ma 319. 



69. He tells crows to caw at sunrise Ma 324. 



70. He causes the woodpecker to live in trees Ma 325. 



71. He makes half-alive stuff by throwing semen down on the beach 



Kai 23S. 



72. Bird is given red cheeks at Raven's feast Ts 5.277. 



73. Squirrel's face is rubbed so that the hair comes off Ts 5.277 



(see also H 5.233, Ne 5.176). 



74. Raven says devilfish is tough, therefore it loses its fat Tla 18. 



75. He makes the quills of Porciipine out of yellow-cedar bark, and 



makes the Bear afraid of them Tla 19. 



76. He ties something around the head of the clam, and calls it 



man's privates Tla 20. 



77. He transforms the dog into an animal because the dog tries to 



imitate his actions and is too quick Tla 20. 



78. He gives four pebbles each to Grouse and Sea Lion; they can 



understand each other TO 85. 



79. He tells the Land Otter to live on a point of land and to save 



drowning people; people returning from the Land Otters be- 

 come shamans Tit 86 (here follows the Land-Otter story 

 TO 87). 



80. He lives inland with a giant Cannibal who is married to the 



Black Pine TO 92. 



81. Origin of mosquitoes. He lives with a giant, TsA'maya, who, 



in order to kill Wolverene, disguises himself like a bear and 

 is carried home by Wolverene; Raven, in the shape of a 

 blackbird, gives him a small spear, with which he wounds 

 Wolverene's foot, the seat of his life; Wolverene revives every 

 time he is killed; finally they burn him, and his ashes become 

 mosquitoes T\b 92. 



