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Tlingit Myths and Texts: Contents

| Phonetic Key | VIII | | Introduction | 1 | | Myths Recorded in English at Sitka | 3 | | 1. Raven | 3 | | 2. The Big Clam | 21 | | 3. English Version of the Story of the Four Brothers | 22 | | 4. Origin of the Killer Whale | 25 | | 5. KAka' | 28 | | 6. The Land-otter Sister | 29 | | 7. The Land-otter Son | 30 | | 8. The Wolf-chief's Son | 33 | | 9. Wolverine-man | 36 | | 10. The Halibut People | 38 | | 11. Stories of the Monster Devilfish and the Cry-baby | 40 | | 12. The Woman who was Killed by a Clam | 41 | | 13. Root-stump | 41 | | 14. The Protracted Winter | 43 | | 15. Beaver and Porcupine | 43 | | 16. The Poor Man who Caught Wonderful Things | 45 | | 17. The Finding of the Blue Paint, and How a Certain Creek Received its Name | 46 | | 18. Various Adventures near Cross Sound | 47 | | 19. Kâts! | 49 | | 20. The Unsuccessful Hunters | 50 | | 21. Origin of Iceberg House | 52 | | 22. The Woman Taken Away by the Frog People | 63 | | 23. How the Frogs Honored the Dead | 54 | | 24. The Brant Wives | 65 | | 25. Story of the Puffin | 57 | | 26. Story of the Wain-house People | 58 | | 27. The Alsek River People | 64 | | 28. The Youthful Warrior | 69 | | 29. The First War in the World | 72 | | 30. How Protestant Christianity was First Heard Of at Sitka | 79 | | Myths Recorded in English at Wrangell | 80 | | 31. Raven | 80 | | 32. Kakê'q!utê | 154 | | 33. Origin of the GonaqAdê't | 165 | | 34. A Story of the GonaqAdê't | 170 | | 35. Origin of the L!ê'nAxxî'dAq | 173 | | 36. The Thunders | 175 | | 37. Origin of the Screech Owl | 176 | | 38. Little Felon | 177 | | 39. Origin of the Fern Root and the Ground Hog | 180 | | 40. The Halibut that Divided the Queen Charlotte Islands | 180 | | p. VI | | | 41. The Image that Came to Life | 181 | | 42. Djîyî'n | 182 | | 43. The Self-burning Fire | 186 | | 44. The Giant of Tâ'sna | 187 | | 45. The Woman who Married a Land Otter | 187 | | 46. The Land-otters' Captive | 188 | | 47. The Man Fed from the Sky | 189 | | 48. The Salmon Sack | 192 | | 49. Roots | 192 | | 50. The Mucus Child | 194 | | 51. The Salmon Chief | 196 | | 52. The Jealous Uncle | 198 | | 53. The Man who Married the Eagle | 203 | | 54. The Brant Wife | 206 | | 55. The Duck Helper | 208 | | 56. The Boy who Shot the Star | 209 | | 57. The Boy and the Giant | 212 | | 58. The Boy with Arrows on his Head | 214 | | 59. GAmnâ'tck!î | 215 | | 60. The Hîn-tayî'cî | 217 | | 61. The East and North Winds | 219 | | 62. The Big Beaver | 219 | | 63. Beaver and Porcupine | 220 | | 64. The Man who Entertained the Bears | 220 | | 65. Mountain Dweller | 222 | | 66. How the Sitka KîksA'dî Obtained the Frog | 224 | | 67. Qâq!Atcgû'k | 225 | | 68. The Beaver of Killisnoo | 227 | | 66. Story of the Grizzly-bear Crest of the Te'qoedî | 228 | | 70. Story of the Eagle Crest of the NexA'dî | 229 | | 71. Story of the Killer-whale Crest of the DAqL!awe'dî | 230 | | 72. Story of the Nanyaâ'yî Crests | 231 | | 73. Story of the Frog Crest of the KîksA'dî of Wrangell | 232 | | 74. Story of the Kâ'gwAntân Crests | 233 | | 75. Migration of the GânAxA'dî to Tongass | 233 | | 76. The Woman who Married the Frog | 236 | | 77. The Girl who Married the L!AL! | 237 | | 78. The Woman who Married a Tree | 238 | | 79. The Girl who Married the Fire Spirit | 239 | | 80. Orphan | 240 | | 81. The Dead Basket-maker | 240 | | 82. The Crying-for Medicine | 241 | | 83. The Runaway Wife | 242 | | 94. The Rejected Lover | 243 | | 85. The Faithless Wife | 245 | | 86. The Woman who Married the Dead Man | 247 | | 87. The Returned from Spirit Land | 249 | | 88. The Sky Country | 250 | | Texts | 252 | | 89. The Origin of Copper | 252 | | 90. The Man who was Abandoned | 262 | | 91. The Shaman who Went into the Fire, and the Heron's Son | 267 | | 92. Mountain Dweller | 280 | | p. VII | | | 93. Kâhâ's!î, the Strong Man | 289 | | 94. The L!ê'nAxxî'dAq | 292 | | 95. Origin of the Frog Crest among the KîksA'dî | 294 | | 96. How the KîksA'dî Came to Sitka | 295 | | 97. The Four Brothers | 297 | | 98. The KîksA'dî Woman who was Turned into an Owl | 299 | | 99. Moldy-end | 301 | | 100. Moldy-end (Wrangell version) | 311 | | 101. Qâq!Atcgû'k | 321 | | 102. The Sea-lion Hunt | 324 | | 103. The War in the Spruce Canoe | 325 | | 104. Story of the Kâ'gwAntân | 326 | | 105. Story of the Kâ'ck!e qoan | 347 | | 106. Origin of a Low-caste Name | 369 | | The Tobacco Feast | 372 | | Speeches Delivered at a Feast when a Pole was Erected for the Dead | 374 | | Words of Songs Taken in connection with Graphophone Records | 390 | | Abstracts of Myths | 416 | | Myths recorded in English at Sitka | 416 | | Myths recorded in English at Wrangell | 429 |