boas] COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY 811 



into the house and peeks out the Sun's eyes BC 82. The woodpecker which the 

 son-in-law has brought kills Qa'mxulal K 11.13. The woodpecker which the sons-in- 

 law have brought pecks out La'iq's eyes. Next he sends them to get the double- 

 headed serpent, which kills him Co 5.68, Co 5.70. The Moon sends his son-in-law to 

 catch a red bear. He goes to his grand. nothers, who make two bears out of wood and 

 combs. The combs are their paws. He takes them home, and they scratch the 

 Moon Sts 5.39. (See also p. 806 under 7/.) 



(15) Fish Kill Him 



(8 versions: K 5.137; Xe 9.197; K 9.461; K 10.99; Xn ap 910; Co 5.67; Co 5.70; 



Squ Hill-Tout 3.528) 



G'i'I throws into the water cedar leaves, which are transformed into herrings. A 

 whirlpool originates, and Dza'wadalalis asks his son-in-law to stop. Next he puts 

 rotten wood into the water, which is transformed into dolphins, which jump against 

 Dza'wadalalis and kill him. When they land, G-i'i resuscitates his father-in-law 

 K 5.137. Q !a'neqe £ Iak u carves porpoises out of rotten wood and throws them into 

 the water. They jump against the canoe and frighten the father-in-law. A gale 

 arises. Sea monsters appear, which frighten the old man so that his intestines fall 

 out of his body. Q !a'neqe £ lak u heals his father-in-law K 9.461. Q !a'neqe £ lak u carves 

 dolphins out of rotten wood. They jump on Dza'wadalalis and kill him K 10.99, Nu ap 

 910. Q !a'neqe £ lak u carves dolphins out of rotten wood. They jump at the head 

 of Gwa' £ nalalis, so that his face is swollen Ne 9.197. La'iq goes fishing. His hook gets 

 entangled at the bottom of the water. His sons-in-law throw into the water animal 

 figures made of gum, which become alive and frighten La'iq, so that his intestines 

 fall out of his body. When a boy shoots at the intestines, they go back Co 5.67. La'iq 

 goes with his son-in-law to catch red cod. The youth chews gum that has been given 

 to him by the Devilfish, and throws it into the water. It is transformed into whales, 

 that jump at his father-in-law Co 5.70. The youth is sent to kill a loon. He plucks 

 it, and tells it to bark when his father-in-law eats it. When the loon barks, the old 

 man is frightened and becomes ill Squ Hill-Tout 3. 52S. 



(16) Berries Grow Out op the F'ather-in-Law's Body 



(6 versions: Ne 5.198; Ne 11.205; Co 5.68; K 11.13; Sts 5.39; Squ Hill-Tout 3.529) 



The youth brings berries to his father-in-law. When the latter eats them, a tree grows 

 out of his body Ne 5.19S. Q !a'neqe £ lak 11 picks salmonberries, and instructs them to 

 sprout as soon as (iwa' £ nalalis shall eat them. As soon as the old man does so, bushes 

 grow out of his body Ne 11.205. In another version the salmonberries are inexhaus- 

 tible K 11.12. The sons-in-law give a dish tilled with cranberries to La'iq. It is 

 inexhaustible. He gets impatient and throws it away. At once a bush grows out 

 of his belly Co 5.68. 



The youth obtains berries by magic. He sprinkles hemlock needles over them, 

 instructs them to stick in his father-in-law's throat and to grow until they come out 

 of his head Squ 529. 



Here belongs also the incident Sts 5.39, in which it is told that the youth is sent, 

 to catch trout. His grandmothers give him a stick, which they fill with many small 

 bones. When he gives it to the Moon, the bones stick in his throat. 



(17) The Youth Takes Away the Canoe 



(3 versions: Ne 5.199; K 11.10; Co 5.70) 



The youth is left in charge of his father-in-law's canoe. He has assumed the shape of 

 an old man; and while the father-in-law is ashore, he changes himself; the canoe goes 

 out to sea, and he appears in his true form. Every time the father-in-law calls, the 



