884 TS1MSHIAN MYTHOLOGY [eth. ann. 31 



The boy sees the Raven mourning for him, and after three days 

 he comes down to visit his father, who, however, docs not recognize 

 him. At the same time Xiu'lx tells him that if he should stay 

 away for four days, man}' people would die. 



Then he asks Masmasala'nix to help him, and they build a whale. 

 (Then follows the story of the war between the animals and the 

 Thunderbird.) He lets the people put stones into the whale. He 

 gets pitch and alder wood. Among the animals is also the Mouse. 

 The Thunderbirds stick to the whale, and the Mouse gnaws through 

 their wings. 



3. TsIemkalaqs 



A woman named TslEmkalaqs had four children by a Wolf. 

 (Then follows the story of the Dog children.) The eldest one is a 

 canoe-builder named Iaxis. He travels about and paints stones. He 

 hears of a sea monster, and goes to see what it is. Finally he dies 

 at a place near Bellabella, Tqainox. He becomes the devilfish. 



4. Raven Obtains the Sun 



A chief kept the sun in a box. Raven thought that if he could 

 become the chdd of the chief's wife, he might be able to get possession 

 of the box. He turns himself into a very small fish and is taken up 

 in the water and carried to the chief's wife. The woman, however, 

 always looks at the water first; therefore, when she finds the fish, 

 she throws it out. Then he turns into a needle of a conifer, but she 

 blows it away before Ae drinks. When the berry season comes, 

 he transforms himself into a berry. The woman smells of it, however, 

 thinks that it is bad, and throws it away. Then he hides in a clam, 

 but the woman will not eat the clam. Finally he lets himself drop 

 into a box of mountain-goat tallow, and the woman swallows him 

 with the tallow. 



After seven months a child is born, which grows up rapidly. The 

 chief always watches the box, which hangs from a rafter. Raven 

 begins to cry because he wants to play with it. He nearly dies 

 from crying. He begins to creep about in the house, and continually 

 points at the box. Whenever any one carries him out of the house, 

 he cries to get back. The friends of his grandfather make all kinds 

 of toys for him, but nothing satisfies him. 



Finally the grandfather thinks that he wants to play with the 

 sun box. First he gives him the box containing the sun's rays, 

 which quiets him somewhat. Then he gives him the box containing 

 the rainbow. He opens it, and becomes more quiet. Next the grand- 

 father gives him the box containing the fog, but this does not satisfy 

 him. He continually points at the sun box; and finally the grand- 



