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(9) He is subjected to a heat test. 



(a) The smoke test. 



(b) He is given burning food to eat. 



(c) He is given red-hot stones to swallow. 



(10) He is given poisonous food. 



■ ( 1 1 ) The woman whom he is to marry kills all her husbands by 

 means of her toothed vagina. 



(12) He is set adrift in a box. 



In a number of cases the youth punishes the jealous uncle or 

 father-in-law. 



(13) A flood fills the house of the father-in-law. 



(14) The animals whom the youth captures at the order of his 



father-in-law attack the latter. 



(15) Fish kill the father-in-law. 



(16) Berries which the youth has collected grow out of the body 



of his father-in-law. 



(17) The youth takes away his father-in-law's canoe, and leaves 



him. 



(18) Firewood gathered by the son-in-law threatens to burn the 



house. 



In the most southern group of stories of this class, in the region of 

 Columbia River, a few other tests occur: 



(19) A diving-match. 



(20) A climbing-match. 



(21) A shooting-match. 



(22) A gambling-match. 



(23) A waking-match. 



(24) A whaling-contest. 



(25) A wrestling in the air. 



Following is a detailed description of the distribution of these 

 incidents: 



(1) The Jealous Uncle 



(7 versions: Kodiak 90; Tl 119; Tl 198; Tl 4.254; Sk 277; BC 5.2G0; Ne 10.366) 

 A man kills his nephews when they are a few days old. 'When his sister gives birth 

 to another child, she pretends that it is a girl. Finally the man discovers the deceit, 

 Kodiak 90. A man has four sisters married in different villages. When his sisters 

 visit him, he kills their sons Tl 199. A chief is jealous of his nephews and kills one 

 after another Sk 277. K'wexala'lagilis has four wives. He is jealous of his brothers 

 and killsone after another Ne 10.365. (These four incidents belong to the story of the 

 man who married the eagle.) 1 



i This story has been recorded from Rivers Inlet, but without reference to the jealous uncle. His place 

 is taken by a cruel chief, who maltreats his slaves Ei 5.22S. From the Seshelt we have it without the Test 

 theme Se 54. Another version has been recorded among the Lillooet, Lil 320. The stories Tl 202 and 

 Tl 229 are also related to this group. 



