boas] COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY 601 



A prominent incident of these Transformer tales relates to the 

 readjustment of sexual organs. It is common to the Kwakiutl, 

 Nootka, and Fraser Delta tribes. 



24. Q !a/neqe £ lak u (Xals Sts 5.23) removes the sexual organs from 



the forehead to their present place Ne 5.202; Ne 9.205; Ne 

 11.216. See also Nua 5.108; Nu& ap 913; Dawson 20. 



25. Xiils removes sexual organs of a woman from her chest, and 



makes new ones, first of bird-cherry (?) bark, then of deer 

 sinew Sts 5.23. See No. 70, p. 609. 



TRANSFORMER MYTHS OF THE GTJLF OF GEORGIA AND FRASER RIVER 



Parallel to the tales of the encounters between the Transformer 

 and the ancestors of tribal divisions are the numerous incidents of 

 the transformation of ancestors and other individuals into plants and 

 animals, which are characteristic of the tribes inhabiting the coast of 

 the Gulf of Georgia. 



1. At Ma'le the Transformer meets PapqEltEl, is burned by sparks, 



goes to the river, where he is pulled down by the devilfish, 

 until, at the request of the Transformer's sister, he is restored. 

 PiipqEltEl is transformed into flag Sts 5.19. 



2. Petx'El is an old man with red hair. He is transformed into a 



small snake Sts 5.22. 



3. A man hides a rattle behind his back, and is transformed into a 



rattlesnake Sts 5.22. 



4. An old man who does not want to travel is transformed into a 



fish that does not go down to the sea Sts 5.23 



5. An old man with white hair and long nails, who poisons people 



by means of his excrement, is transformed into a newt whose 

 excrements are poisonous Sts 5.23. 



6. A man eating raw fish is transformed into a fish hawk Lil 296. 



7. A thief is transformed into a bluejay Cow 5.46. 



8. The Transformer makes elk, bear, and ducks Cow 5.46. 



9. Q'e'seq of Qua'mitcan becomes a lake-being, and trout are 



created in the lake Cow 5.47. 



10. Aiuwalux of Pa'pk'um becomes a mountain goat Sts 5.27. 



11. IalEpq'e'lEm, the ancestor of the LEq'amEl, covers himself with 



wood-ashes and becomes a sturgeon Sts 5.25. 



12. SqEle'yil of Macxui and son become beavers Sts 5.25. 



13. QalE'tsEmEs of Qua'antEl has" a daughter, who marries first the 



hammer, then a dog. QalE'tsEmEs is transformed into a 

 badger Sts 5.25. 



14. By clapping of hands the shaman Sqqaq is transformed into a 



bird Squ 5.56. 



