APPENDIX II— SUMMARY OF COMPARISONS 



l. 1 Origin op Raven. 



I. Woman pretends to die, receives lover in coffin, ia killed by her hus- 

 band, who adopts her child (p. 634) Ts, N, Ne. Rationalistic variants 

 (p. 781) Tl, Kai. 

 II a. Child marries daughter of Sky chief, his child becomes Raven (p 635) 



Ts, N, Ne. 

 II 6. The child is burnt (pp. 635, 781) Ts. 



'Raven is made voracious by being fed on (p. 636) — 



a. Scabs Ts, N, Tl, M, Sk. 



b. Bullhead Ne. 

 1.1. Origin of daylight. 



I o. Raven assumes shape of a leaf or similar object, is swallowed bv a girl 

 and reborn (p. 641) Ts, N, Tl, Tit, Kai, M, Sk, H, BC, Ri, Nu, Car, Chil, 

 Alaska Esk, Kodiak, Ten'a. 

 As incident: Girl gives birth after swallowing leaf (p. 64G) Nu. 

 I a'. Raven hides in log; when girl carries it, he enters her body Ne; he enters 

 girl's body (p. 640) Ne. 

 As incident: Sun or light is kept in a round receptacle or in a bundle or 

 bag, stress being laid on the roundness of the receptacle Ts, N, Tl. Sk, 

 H, BC, Chil, Car, Alaska Esk. 

 II a, a'. The child cries until allowed to play with the sun, then he steals it 

 (pp. 641, 646) Ts, N, Tl, Tit, Kai, M, Sk, H, BC, Ri, Ne, Nu, Car, 

 Chil, Alaska Esk, Kodiak, Ten'a. 



I a". Identification of Raven and woman's child missing 2 (p. 647), Loucheux. 

 II a". The child cries until allowed to play with the sun, then Raven steals it 



(p. 647), Loucheux. - 



I b. Raven causes spine to enter foot of light-owner (p. 647) Na, Squ, Lil. 



II b. Owner is induced to open light-receptacle so that Raven can remove the 



thorn; the light escapes (p. 647) Na, Squ, Lil. 



I V . Raven accompanies light-owner in canoe (p. 647) Cow, Chehalis. 

 II V. When he opens box to have light while hunting, Raven steals it (p. 647), 

 Chehalic, Cow. 



1 p. The house of the light-owner is entered by force or invitation and the 

 light stolen. Various forms, (p. 648.) Alaska Esk, Asiatic Esk, 

 Chukchee. 



1.2. Raven threatens to let out the daylight (p. 649). When daylight appears, 

 fishermen who refuse to give fish to Raven are punished. 



a. They are transformed into stone Ts. 



b. They are frogs who have to live in darkness (?) Ts. 



c. They are ghosts, and become dead bodies N. 

 <i. They are transformed irto animals Tl, II. 



e. No transformation M, Sk. 



/. The animals buy the sun of Raven, who shows the kind of food he will 

 eat Nu. 



1 Introduction. 



' I presume this story conforms more strictly with I a, II a, than the recorded form indicates. 



