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theless there is a considerable amount of confusion between the two 

 cycles, as may be seen from the list of incidents common to the Raven 

 tale and to the Mink tale that is given below. The Mink tales, more 

 particularly the amorous group, are ■also related to the Coyote tales, 

 but I shall not enter into this subject here. 



INCIDENTS IN MINK TALES 



1. Mink and the sun II 5.234; H ap 885; BC 95; BC 5.246; Ri 



5.215; RiMS; Ne 5.173; K 5.157; K 9.123; Kll.SO; StsHffl- 

 Tout 5.345. See also BC 69, 102. 



2. He marries Kelp K 5.158; K 9.127; K 11.117; Co 5.71; Sts 5.44. 



3. He marries Frog Woman K 5.158; K 9.129; K 11.119. 



4 . He marries Diorite Woman K 5 . 1 5S ; K 9 . 1 3 1 ; K 1 1 . 1 22 [Barnacle 



Co 5.71]. 

 4'. Kwa'tiyat' marries the Pitch Nu 5.100; Co 5.71 ; Sts 5.44. 



5. Mink wants to marry Sawbill-Duck Woman K 9.131; K 11.124. 



6. He is deserted by his wife K 9.133. 



7. He makes war on his friend Land Otter K 5.158; K 9.157, 494; 



K 11.127; Co 5.72; NtlTeit 2.59; U 234. 



8. Mink recognized as father of a child K 9.495; Nu 5.108; Co 5.73. 



9. Mink kills the sons of the Wolf K 11.103 [son Co 5.75]; Se 57; 



Squ Hill-Tout 3.543. 



10. He marries the princess of the spirits K 11.113. 



11. Deer and Sawbill-Duck Woman K 11.135. 



12. Mink and the Starfish Woman K 11.144. 



13. Mink tries to make a mountain K 11.161. 



14. He marries Fog Co 5.71. 



15. He marries the Eagle Co 5.71 ; Sts 5.44. 



Id. Mink and the women Ne 5.172; Nu 5.108; Co 5.72. 



17. Mink and the Holothuria Co 5.74. 



18. Mink uses his grandmother's vulva for bait Co 5.74. See also 



N 121; Sk362; Sk 363. 



19. Mink and the hornet-nest Nu 5.109; Till 142. 



20. Mink fights with the ghosts K 5.158; Na a, b 5.54; Sts 5.43; 



(Lil 302). « 



21. Mink and the seal K 9.147. 



22. Mink gets sea eggs K 5.159; K 9.137; K 11.140. 



INCIDENTS COMMON TO MINK AND RAVEN TALES 



23. Mink gets tides Ri 5.215; K 5.158; K 9.493; K 11.88, 94. See 



No. 6 in Raven list, p. 567. 



24. Mink gets fire 2 K 5.158; Naa, i 5.54; Sts 5.43; (Lil 302). See 



No. 8 in Raven list, p. 567. 



i See No. 24, below. 



2 The type of story of the Nanaimo,Lillooef ,and Fraser Delta tribes is similar in form to the story of 

 the origin of the tides among the Kwakiutl Ne 5.175; K5.15N; Ne 9.229; K 9.49.!; K 10.278; K 11.88, 94. 



