boas] APPENDIX II SUMMARY OF COMPARISONS 941 



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

 (6) Raven steals the whale (p. 688) Ts, Tl, Sk, Ne, Esk. 



Plot: Raven frightens away people who are in possession of food in 1.24; 

 Tl, M (p. 684); 1.29c Ss, Tl (p. 690); 1.37 BC, Ri, Ne, Nil, Co, Lil 

 (p. 705); Sk, BC (p. 689); Tl (p. 720). 



1.29. TxX'msem and his slave. 



(a) Raven creates a slave ivho disobeys him (p. 689). 

 a. Raven creates a slave, who, instead of saying that Raven is a chief, gives 



him a low name Ts, N, Tl, M, Sk. 

 6. Mink makes a slave of excrement or of his musk -bag. The slave is to say 



that he is the son of a vanquished enemy K, U. 

 (6) The slave eats food offered to Raven (p. 690) Ts, N, Tl, M. 



(c) Raven pretends to die. lie is tied up in a box. The people are frightened 



away, and the slave eats all the food (p. 690) Ts, Tl. 



(d) Raven kills his slave. He causes him to fall off a bridge that leads across 



a canyon (p. 691 I. 



a. Ts, N, Tl, M, Sk (p. 691). 



b. The same told of Deer Tl. 



1.30. Txa'msem and Eagle gather red and black cod (p. 692). 



I. Raven's fish is dry, Eagle's fat Tl, Sk, H. 

 II. Raven conies to steal the (ish, assuming the form of a log. Eagle strikes 

 him with red-hot stones Sk. 



1.31. Txa'msem and the hunter (p. 692). 



I. Raven assumes the form of a woman, transforms a stone or an animal into 

 a child; marries a chief Ts, Tl, M, Sk. 

 II a. He loses his labret in a box of grease, and pretends that the labret always 



flies away Tl, M, Sk. 

 II 6. He steals the hunter's game Ts. 



Ill a. Raven kills the chief whom he married, and eats his body Tl. 

 Ill b. It is seen that the supposed woman has a tail, and Raven is recognized Ts 

 (?), M, Sk. 

 As incident: Raven kills and eats Seal (see No. 33, p. 702; No. 39, \>. 7C6). 



1.32. The bungling host. 



(a) The host lets oil drip out of his hands (p. 695) Ts, N, M, Sk, BC, Ne, K, 



Nu, Co, Se, Ntl, Sh. 

 As incident: (p. 696) Tl, (p. 706) Se. 



(b) Birds produce food by their song (p. 696) Ts, N, BC, K, Chil, Quin, 



LkufigEn, Squ. 

 As incident: K, Nu, Co, Sts; M; Co. 



(c) Birds produce salmon eggs by striking the ankle (p. 696) Ts, N, Sk, BC, Ne, K, 



Co, Chil. 



(d) An animal cuts its hands or feet (p. 697). 



a. Tl, Quin, Chin, Wish, Cherokee, Yuchi. Natchez, Hitchiti, Alabama, 



Micmac, Pawnee, Apache. 

 5. Variations of this theme: Sh, Lil, Crow, Ojibwa, Hopi, Cora.. 

 As incident: Tl, Takelma. 



(e) Animals stub or shoot themselves (p. 697). 



a. Wasco, Ute, Hopi, Apache, Crow, Navaho, Shoshoni, Pawnee, Ponca. 



b. Variations of this theme: Shoshoni, Ute, Apache, Caddo. 



c. Food pulled out of anus (H), Ne, Co, Chil. 



