COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY 651 



(3) HE BREAKS UP THE MOON AND PUTS IT IN THE SKY 



(3 versions: Tl 5.313; M6 311; Ska 118) 



When Raven puts the sun and moon in the sky, he cuts the moon in halves, makes 

 the waxing and waning moon out of one half, while he breaks up the other half, of 

 which he makes the stars Tl 5. 



He throws down the moon, so that it breaks. He throws up one half, which 

 becomes the moon; he throws up the other half, which becomes the sun. Finally 

 he throws up the fragments, which become the stars M6. 



He bites off part of the moon, chews it, and throws it up, and says, "Future 

 people will see you in fragments forever." He breaks the moon in halves, and 

 throws first one half up into the air; then he throws up the other, which becomes 

 the sun Ska. 



(4) RAVEN OBTAINS FRESH WATER 



(19 versions: N6 25; Tla 4; T16 83; Tic 4.259; Tlrf 4.260; Tl 5.313; Tl 6.27; Kai 

 235; Ma 318; M6 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 ap892. See also Ts 65, 69; No 17; K 10.322) 



Most of the northern versions of this tale are incomplete. The 

 full story must be as follows: Raven causes the owner of the water 

 to go to sleep, makes him believe that he soiled his bed, and by 

 means of the threat that he wdl tell on him, Raven obtains permis- 

 sion to drink. 



Ganu'k [the Petrel Tlc4; in Tl 5 and Ma, 6, translated "Eagle"] lives in Deki'nu 

 T16 [misprinted Nekyino in Tl 5]. At the same time he owns the tides Tl 5 [the 

 owner is described as an old man in H, Ri; a chief N6; the Eagle Ma, M6; a woman 

 at Bull Harbor Ne 9; a woman called Virgin Ne 9; one of Raven's sisters Ne 5; Crow 

 at T!aci /£ is Nu ap; according to Tla, the owner of the water lived on Nass River]. 

 Raven N, Tl, Kai, M, Sk [K!wek!waxa'we s K 9, /£ meal Ne 9, the Crow Nu 5], tries 

 to get the water which the owner kept in a covered stone vessel Tlrf 4, Tl 5 [in a 

 hollow cut in the rock Kai 8; covered up Tla; in a box Tic 4, Nu ap], [Raven calls 

 a council, asks for a small mat, which he fills with excrements. He goes to Crow, 

 and asks her for water, but is refused. He asks for permission to sleep in her house 

 in order to get warm Nu ap.] He sits with legs drawn up on the water T15 [sleeps on 

 it Tlrf 4; he sleeps by it Tla]. When he is awake, his eyes are closed; when he 

 sleeps, his eyes are open Tl 5 [when Raven enters, he sits with the back to the fire 

 asleep Ne 9]. 



Raven begins to tell stories until the owner of the water falls asleep Tlrf 4, Kai 8 

 [he says, "Brother-in-law, how are you?'' and tries to induce him to go out by 

 telling him what is going on outside Tla; he wishes him to sleep Tl 5; at nighthe 

 sleeps with him Tla; he calls up sleepiness Nu ap]. 



In N6 25, Tla, Tic, Tlrf, Ne 9, K 9, and Nu ap, Raven makes him believe that he 

 soiled his bed. [He puts dog dung under the cover Tla, Tic, Tlrf; dung K 9, 

 Ne 9, Nu ap; he chews rotten cedar bark and makes him believe that he soiled his 

 bed; he says he will get moss to wipe it N6 25. He threatens to tell on Crow, 

 who then allows him to drink. He pours out the water, which becomes a lake 

 Nu ap.] The owner of the water goes out to wash his blanket Tic 4, Tlrf -1 

 Then he drinks and flies away with the water. His trail may be seen at Ata, at the 

 mouth of Stikine River Tl 5 [he flies away with the water No 27]. 



The incident of the soiled blanket occurs in another connection in Sk 137. 



