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Tlingit Myths and Texts

137 entries · 5 sections

John R. Swanton

Start Reading woven into a grieving ceremony Letter of Transmittal Contents Phonetic Key Introduction

Myths Recorded in English at Sitka

1. Raven 2. The Big Clam 3. English Version of the Story of the Four Brothers 4. Origin of the Killer Whale 5. KAka'6. The Land-Otter Sister 7. The Land-Otter Son 8. The Wolf-Chief's Son 9. Wolverine-man 10. The Halibut People 11. Stories of the Monster Devilfish and The Cry-Baby 12. The Woman Who Was Killed by a Clam 13. Root-stump 14. The Protracted Winter 15. Beaver and Porcupine 16. The Poor Man Who Caught Wonderful Things 17. The Finding of the Blue Paint, And How a Certain Creek Received Its Name 18. Various Adventures Near Cross Sound 19. Kâts!20. The Unsuccessful Hunters 21. Origin of Iceberg House 22. The Woman Taken Away by the Frog People 23. How the Frogs Honored the Dead 24. The Brant Wives 25. Story of the Puffin 26. Story of the Wain-House People 27. The Alsek River People 28. The Youthful Warrior 29. The First War In The World 30. How Protestant Christianity Was First Heard of at Sitka

Myths Recorded in English at Wrangell

31. Raven, Part I 31. Raven, Part II 31. Raven, Part III 31. Raven, Part IV 31. Raven, Part V 31. Raven, Part VI 31. Raven, Part VII 31. Raven, Part VIII 31. Raven, Part IX 31. Raven, Part X 31. Raven, Part XI 31. Raven, Part XII 31. Raven, Part XIII 31. Raven, Part XIV 31. Raven, Part XV 31. Raven, Part XVI 31. Raven, Part XVII 31. Raven, Part XVIII 31. Raven, Part XIX 31. Raven, Part XX 31. Raven, Part XXI 32. Kakê'q!utê 33. Origin of the GonaqAdê't 34. A Story of the GonaqAdê't 35. Origin of the L!ê'nAxxî'dAq 36. The Thunders 37. Origin of the Screech Owl 38. Little Felon 39. Origin of the Fern Root and the Ground Hog 40. The Halibut That Divided the Queen Charlotte Islands 41. The Image That Came to Life 42. Djîyî'n 43. The Self-Burning Fire 44. The Giant of Tâ'sna 45. The Woman Who Married a Land Otter 46. The Land-Otters' Captive 47. The Man Fed From the Sky 48. The Salmon Sack 49. Roots 50. The Mucus Child 51. The Salmon Chief 52. The Jealous Uncle 53. The Man who Married the Eagle 54. The Brant Wife 55. The Duck Helper 56. The Boy who Shot the Star 57. The Boy and the Giant 58. The Boy with Arrows on his Head 59. GAmnâ'tck!î 60. The Hîn-tayî'cî 61. The East and North Winds 62. The Big Beaver 63. Beaver and Porcupine 64. The Man who Entertained the Bears 65. Mountain Dweller 66. How The Sitka KîksA'dî Obtained The Frog 67. Qâq!Atcgû'k 68. The Beaver of Killisnoo 69. Story Of The Grizzly-Bear Crest Of The Te'qoedî 70. Story of the Eagle Crest of the NexA'dî 71. Story Of The Killer-Whale Crest Of The DAqL!awe'dî 72. Story of the Nanyaâ'yî Crests 73. Story of the Frog Crest of the KîksA'dî Of Wrangell 74. Story of the Kâ'gwAntân Crests 75. Migration of the GânAxA'dî to Tongass 76. The Woman Who Married the Frog 77. The Girl Who Married The L!AL!78. The Woman Who Married a Tree 79. The Girl Who Married the Fire Spirit 80. Orphan 81. The Dead Basket-Maker 82. The Crying-for Medicine 83. The Runaway Wife 84. The Rejected Lover 85. The Faithless Wife 86. The Woman Who Married the Dead Man 87. The Returned From Spirit Land 88. The Sky Country

Texts

89. The Origin of Copper 90. The Man Who Was Abandoned 91. The Shaman Who Went Into The Fire, and the Heron's Son 31. Raven, Part XXII 92. Mountain Dweller 93. Kâhâ's!î, The Strong Man 94. The L!ê'nAxxî'dAq 95. Origin Of The Frog Crest Among The KîksA'dî 96. How the KîksA'dî Came to Sitka 97. The Four Brothers 98. The KîksA'dî Woman Who Was Turned Into An Owl 99. Moldy-end 100. Moldy-end 101. Qâq!Atcgû'k 102. The Sea-Lion Hunt 103. The War in the Spruce Canoe 104. Story of the Kâ'gwAntân 105. Story Of The Kâ'ck!e Qoan 106. Origin of a Low-Caste Name The Tobacco Feast Words of Songs Taken in Connection with Graphophone Records

Abstracts of Myths

Myths Recorded in English at Sitka Myths Recorded in English at Wrangell