boas] COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY 795 



necessary to combine the tales which belong together. Most marked 

 among these groups are the following: 



A. The jealous uncle or brother who throws a youth into the sea. 

 The youth is carried to an Eagle town, marries an Eagle girl, and 

 takes revenge, Kodiak90,Tl 198, Sk 277, Ne 10.365; also Ri 5.228, 

 Lil 320, Se 54. 



B. The Raven tale Ts 5.274, Ne 5.171, Ne 9.211. 



C. Dza/wadalalis K 5.136, K 9.459, K 10.96, K 11.238. 



D. Gwa iE nalalis Ne 5.198, Ne 9.195, Ne 11.196. 



E. Qa'mxulal Ne 5.199, K 11.12. 



F. The visit in heaven Co 5.65, Co 5.68, Squ Hill-Tout 3.524. 



The following are the essential contents of the tests that occur 

 on the North Pacific coast: 



(1) A jealous uncle or brother subjects a youth to tests. 



(a) A supernatural being expects a certain person to become 

 the husband of his daughter. When the youth arrives, he 

 is subjected to tests. 



(2) The door of the riouse in which the girl lives kills every one 



who enters. The youth jumps through the snapping door. 



(a) The youth is made to pass through a cave that opens and 

 closes. 



(b) The door of the house is watched by dangerous animals. 



(3) On the floor of the house a death-bringing mat is spread out, 



on which the youth is made to sit down. 



(4) The youth is induced to fell a tree, which kills people that 



touch it. 

 (a) The girl's father or the jealous uncle takes the youth to 

 split wood, to work on a canoe, or to do some work of 

 similar kind. He throws his hammer into the crack, asks 

 the youth to get it, and causes the tree or canoe, etc., to 

 close over him. The youth spits out red and white paint, 

 which is mistaken for blood and brains, breaks by his magic 

 strength the material that imprisons him, and returns. 



(5) The youth is induced to climb a tree or cliff, and the attempt 



is made to kill him by causing him to fall down. 



(6) The attempt is made to drown him in a whirlpool or swift- 



running current. 



(7) He is sent to kill the dangerous devilfish. 



(a) He is sent to kill the clam which crushes people between 

 its shells. 



(b-f) He is sent to kill or capture sea lion, seal, eagle, wood- 

 pecker, dogs, and other animals, which kdl people. 



(8) He is sent to pick berries in winter. 



