boas] COMPAEATIVE STUDY OF TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY 577 



It appears from this list that some phenomena of nature, many 

 characteristics of animals, forms of land, and some customs, are 

 explained by these tales. 



Besides these, the various incidents of the Haven tale contain 

 many adventures which refer to the voraciousness of Raven, and 

 which describe some of the tricks that he tries to play. In the fol- 

 lowing is given a list of these : 



152. Sea Lion becomes Raven's brother-in-law Sk/ 133. See also 



Mc336 (No. 173). 



153. Raven kills his brother-in-law, the Mallard Duck Ma 328. 



154. He eats the sea anemone Sk/ 134. 



155. A person harpoons seals; Raven can not see any; the other one 



pulls a blood clot out of Raven's eyes, but puts it back again, 

 leaving him as before Ska 115. 



156. Shrew's single piece of dried fish, single cranberry, and single 



crabapple form an inexhaustible supply of food Mb 299. 



157. Raven has a child by Mink Woman and lets it die Tl 5.319; 



Ma 313 (see No. 145). 



158. Butterfly eats the roots that his sister has dug (see No. 107) Ma 



315. 



159. Raven takes halibut shoulders from his sister, who has turned 



into stone Ma 320. 



160. He kills fish by throwing a stick at them; tries to string them 



up, and asks Owl to help him Ma 320 (undoubtedly identical 

 with Ts 63, Tlo 11). 



161. He calls the Butterfly out to sea Ma 327. 



162. He pretends a canoe is splitting, for this reason refuses to go on 



board, stays behind, and eats the provisions of the canoe 

 owners Ma 327. 



163. He marries Sea Gull Kai 8.233. 



164. Raven's wife, Sea Gull, dies; he finds a tree with drops of pitch, 



and believes it cries with him; he thinks huckleberries have 

 blackened their faces to mourn with him Tla 10; Kai 8.233. 



165. He tells a crooked tree that it evidently has a crooked mind 



Kai 8.233. 



166. He calls his brothers-in-law the Sea Gulls, who are scared when 



he croaks; the Porpoise, who is among them, understands 

 him, and says that Raven is not speaking angrily; they enter 

 the house; he lets his servants, the Sandpipers, dance; the 

 Porpoise interprets to the Sea Gulls all that he says, which 

 makes him angry; he returns the visit Kai 233. 



167. Raven calls the Salmon, and the Porpoise interprets what he is 



saying N 69. 



168. He kills the beavers by croaking over them. Therefore there 



are no beavers on Queen Charlotte Islands Kai 236. 

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