BOAS] APPENDIX II SUMMARY OF COMPARISONS 947 



12. The feast of the Mountain Goats (p. 738). 



a. The people who do not treat the Goats with respect are invited to their 



house. The dance of the Goats produces a rock-slide, in which all are 

 killed except one man who treated the Goats properly Ts. 



b. A man witnesses the shamanistic performance of the Goats Ts, K. 

 As incident: The house of the Goats occurs in Tl, K, Lil, U, Sh. 



13. The giant devilfish (p. 739). Eagle makes war on Devilfish Ts. 



14. The hunter's wife who became a beaver (p. 739). A woman is offended 



by her husband, bathes, and becomes a beaver Ts. 



15. The winter hunters and the Mosquito (p. 740). 



I a. Hunters reach the Mosquito village Ts. 

 I b. A visitor comes to a house Kai, BC. 

 As incident: Visiting monster Chin. 

 II a. A woman [the visitor] sucks out the brains of a child through his ear 



Ts, Kai. 

 II b. The visitor sucks out the brains of the sleepers BC. 

 As incident: K. 

 Ill a. The hunters escape, but are killed by the Mosquito chief, except one 

 woman Ts [one boy Kai]. 



III 5. The visitor is killed, but revives BC. 



IV. The survivor escapes on a tree overhanging a lake. The Mosquito sees the 

 reflection in the water, and jumps in, thinking the victim is there. The 

 water freezes, and he is killed. The body is burnt and turns into mos- 

 quitoes Ts, Kai, BC. 

 Origin of mosquitoes: Seep. 741. 



As incident: Reflection of a person in water (see p. 741) Sk, BC, K, Nu, 

 Co, Sh, Ojibwa. 



16. The hunters. 



(a) Tsimshian version (p. 741). 



I. Hunters make a mistake by killing a porcupine and hanging it up Ts, 

 Chin. 

 II. They meet a Bear woman, kill her, and are killed in the Bear vil- 

 lage Ts. 

 III. The youngest does not touch the porcupine, and is helped by the Bear 

 Woman, whose belly he touches Ts. 

 -Is incidents: 

 Tiny powerful dogs (p. 742) Ts, N, K, Chil. 



Weak weapons substituted for good ones (p. 742) Ts, Tl, BC, Chil, Oka- 

 nagon, U, Wasco. 



(6) The man who married the Bear i p. 742 ). 

 I a. A hunter shoots a female bear, touches her belly, and she becomes a woman f 



who helps him Ts. 

 I 6. A hunter is pulled into the den of a female bear, falls against her vulva 



and becomes her husband N, Tl, M, Sk. 

 II. She kills her Bear husband Tl, Sk. 

 III. They have children. The man goes home N, Tl, M, Sk. 



IV a. The Bear woman accompanies him, and the people are afraid of her. 



They offend her N. 



