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(d) Raven's/east (p. 676) Tl, N, Nu. 



(e) The salmon is stolen (p. 676) K, Co, Lil, Nez Perce\ (See 1.19 5.) 



L.20, 20a. Why crow and raven are black (see 1.19 c). (p. 677.) 



a. Gulls are thrown into the fireplace because ihey have eaten Raven's 



olachen. The tips of their wings are blackened N. 

 5. ( rows steal Raven's salmon and are blackened (p. 676) Ts, Tl, Sk. 

 c. Raven is caught in the smoke hole and is blackened X, Tl, also Quin. 

 c'. He is covered with gum and is smoked Tl. 

 c". Eagle strikes Crow with a salmon-gill and thus blackens him, Wish. 



1.21. Txa'msem and Cormorant (p. 678). 



a. Raven pretends to put a louse on Cormorant's tongue, prills out the tongue, 

 and makes him dumb Ts, N, Tl, M, Sk, BC, Ne, K, Nu. 



/>. An ogre pretends to put a louse on a girl's tongue, pulls out her tongue 

 and thus kills her (p. 680), Gold, Amur River. 



c. Raven's tongue is tied with sinews (p. 680), Chukchee, Koryak. 



1.22. Txa'msem kills Grizzly Bear (p. 680). 



la. Raven pretends to cut oft" his testicles and to use them as bait, lie 

 induces Bear to do the same and thus to kill himself (pp. 680, 6S2i Ts, 

 N,T1, M, Ne, Nu. 



I 6. The same story told of a fat sea lion (p. 6S3) Sk. 



II. Raven kills the Bear's wives by letting them swallow red-hot stones 

 (p. 681) Ts, N, Tl, M. 

 As incident: (p. 682) Sk, Co, Quin, Wish, Kath, Kutenai. 



1.23. Txa'msem kills Little Pitch by exposing him to the sun (p. 683) Ts, X, Tl, 



II, Ri. Ne, K, Co. 



1.24. Fishermen break off Txa'msem's jaw (p. 684) Ts, N, Tl, Kai, M, Sk, Ne, 



Loucheux. 



1.25. The origin of the bullhead (p. 685). 



a. Raven makes a movement as though taking hold of the bullhead. This 



makes his tail thin (p. 685) Ts, N, Tl. 



b. The Transformer throws a shaman into the water and draws out his hind 



end. He becomes a fish (p. 686) Ne, Co. 



1.26. Txa'msem and the children (p. 686). 



a. Children play ball with blubber. He induces them to throw it at him, 



and he eats it Ts, X, Tl, M, Sk, Co. 



b. He induces the animals to pelt him with sea eggs, which he eats Sk, M. 

 As incident: Porpoise understands what others can not hear N, Kai, Sk. 



1.27. 28. Txa'msem frightens away the people who have found a whale. 

 (a) Whale swallows flavin (p. 687).. 



I. The Whale is induced to swallow him Tl, M. Sk, Xe, Xu, Co, Cow, Esk. 

 As incident: The swallowing monster (see pp. 611, 687, 718, 868). 

 As incident: He cuts off his grandmother's vulva for bait (see p. 585, 

 No. 18). 

 II a. He lives on the Whale's food Tl, Co. 

 II b. He lives on the Whale's body Sk (?), Xe, Cow, Esk. 



As incident: He makes a fire in the Whale's stomach Tl, Co, Esk (?). 

 III. He kills the Whale by cutting his heart, stomach, or throat. It strands, 

 is flensed, and he comes out Tl, M, Sk, Ne, Nu, Co, Cow, Esk. 

 As incident: He loses his hah in the hot stomach Nu, Co, Cow. 



