390 W. THALBITZER. 
and other even more remote peoples. Among the Tinneh Indians the idea is 
very widespread, where the western ones call Tlingit, “dog-people.” It is also 
effective in the mythology of the Heiltsuk tribe of the Kwakiutl people.! 
Specially interesting it is to find the same myth in Eastern Asia among 
the Ainos. Here, human beings appeared (i. e. Ainos), after the world had 
emerged from chaos, by a union between a sailing woman and a swimming 
A. 
Uiliwa:tak-àt-àk anisortértuokajé: pilersarniara'n™ nuliarta'rnia- 
sarniara'n ajåe?r?a & nakiwidta пира“ сапе anisiaketara‘nata pa- 
. . IF 2 “Yo. oll . x (3) . . 
nim'ek uicanik iätilöisarpa' ajogersarara® ama'sen anisortortojo- 
.. . . . 7 4 И Q . . . wa . 
Кати) paninve uitsanık pe /arpa't® iteranik in-arpon aje ocenara'si’n 
uänvcakajiyacen® a’”tarpon nakiwiäta e:araluartino.© 
la wa ogarpon: qim’ima® uisarniarna ay”erg”alin uisarinva'gin 
qim:ertiokajiy anerg”a'tiokajiy‘” in’arpon iliarniarput® qim'ertiwokaje: 
anerq”a:tiYokaje: pa minike:tarter(una) ® раша aneiarmat take: aria'me:n 
[falsetto:] 9°9°9° 9° toa'nin iserpoyY aqane in-argip:on torsv'me makergeiar- 
pun“ torsv-p gergane in:argip:ut makergeiarput®? 1зе-1ар atane in-arqi- 
put makeiarpun® ise-tap qaiane isika’iogileg ta”na letino"®:hhhh 
nakiwia ki?Ytik'a uvargip ut makerge iat ‘alin ta: tu m ana nuliat- 
same iteqata: cane*pom 9 in-arqip'ut ite-arniarpun* tutike-lara uisa:ri- 
wa!) aji”nega'” * gimeariarmat qi’ neqileg® nulia‘lerpa: na: rtulerpon(®) 
gimime erniwon gitér’nalerpa: na‘rterqitalerpon”® ernergita'rpon айт-- 
ime ama martinota:‘rpa® nartergita ler pon?” ernergita:rpon a'ma qimer- 
tvwa'jota'q pinasinurpa i?) ciame:lisa'nik ernergitarpon ciaman-erpa‘'t 
gitér’nalerpa’’t ciamanertino. °) 
’tekaji'tin nerqgartarnialermatik qimawon invik-ert’dtsiaimun 
nulidkain- ile?) ара qarterpa'rtiwokain'ik mercerpon nerenik im-ertarpa: 
cakine pajitora®® po:rtino pvmim'e cakidta atérpelarpa: nina kaé nin 
te-brpa:?) niyakaie: qaqilara: erqitarpa:i cakiäla amoatarpa:i ujarqe:- 
lv-ilaran 0 ninawa a ®takaépon nuliane urnikaik:a CD 
1 Lowie (1914) p. 609. 2 К. Bahnson (1900) II, р. 677. Е. Liebrecht (1879) 
19 20, where, too, a similar myth from China is also mentioned. 
