IAS] COMPAEATIVE STUDY OF TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY 815 



The remaining northern versions may be summarized as follows: 



Incident 



T14.256 Tlll'.l Sk 24(1 SI, 



The jealous uncle 



The expected husband.. 



Snapping door 



Closing cave 



Spine seat 



Falling tree 



Precipice.. 

 Whirlpool . 

 Devilfish.. 



Heat test 



Burning iood ...... 



Swallowing red-hot = 



Flood 



Revenue of animals. . 



' The version Ts j.'_\s7 is incomplete, and contains only the precipice test. 



The remaining southern versions may be summarized as follows: 



> This scries of tests isc\ identic incomplete. Part of this story has been recorded independently in 5.266. 

 In this version only the incident of the murderous woman (11) appears. 



2 In these two tales it is also stated that dangerous animals lie outside the door watching the entrance. 



3 The youth is asked to go out on a snag. The fathsr-in-law throws the hammer into the water; and 

 when the youth jumps in to get it, he lets the water freeze over him. 



• This incident is evidently parallel to the Berry Bush story, but mentions only that fishbones stuck in 

 the throat of the father-in-law. 



The most southern Test stories collected on the North Pacific coast 

 contain the following incidents: 



(1) Whaling. ] 



(2) Capture of animals and their revenge. I ru.: 33 



(3) Wedge test. 



(4) Hoop games. ' 



(1) Inexhaustible snow. 



(2) Capture of animals and their revenge. 



(3) Wedge test. 



(4) Hoop games. 



■Quin 113. 



