Tlingit myths and texts

About this eBook

Compiler

Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958

Original Publication

Washington DC: Govt. print. off., 1909.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Bryan Ness, A Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Tlingit Indians -- Folklore

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78871

Release Date

June 14, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.TLINGIT MYTHS AND TEXTS
3. 3.LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.PHONETIC KEY
6. 6.INTRODUCTION
7. 7.MYTHS RECORDED IN ENGLISH AT SITKA — 1. RAVEN⁠ [1] — FOOTNOTES: — 2. THE BIG CLAM — 3. ENGLISH VERSION OF THE STORY OF THE FOUR BROTHERS⁠ [13] — FOOTNOTES: — 4. ORIGIN OF THE KILLER WHALE⁠ [17] — FOOTNOTES: — 5. KAKAˊ ⁠ [19] — FOOTNOTES: — 6. THE LAND-OTTER SISTER⁠ [21] — FOOTNOTES: — 7. THE LAND-OTTER SON — 8. THE WOLF-CHIEF’S SON — 9. WOLVERINE-MAN — FOOTNOTES: — 10. THE HALIBUT PEOPLE — 11. STORIES OF THE MONSTER DEVILFISH⁠ [23] AND THE CRY-BABY⁠ [24] — FOOTNOTES: — 12. THE WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED BY A CLAM — 13. ROOT-STUMP⁠ [26] — FOOTNOTES: — 14. THE PROTRACTED WINTER — 15. BEAVER AND PORCUPINE⁠ [28] — FOOTNOTES: — 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. KĀTSǃ ⁠ [31] — FOOTNOTES: — 20. THE UNSUCCESSFUL HUNTERS — 21. ORIGIN OF ICEBERG HOUSE⁠ [33] — FOOTNOTES: — 22. THE WOMAN TAKEN AWAY BY THE FROG PEOPLE⁠ [35] — FOOTNOTES: — 23. HOW THE FROGS HONORED THE DEAD — FOOTNOTES: — 24. THE BRANT WIVES⁠ [37] — FOOTNOTES: — 25. STORY OF THE PUFFIN — 26. STORY OF THE WAIN-HOUSE PEOPLE — FOOTNOTES: — 27. THE ALSEK RIVER PEOPLE — 28. THE YOUTHFUL WARRIOR — FOOTNOTES: — 29. THE FIRST WAR IN THE WORLD⁠ [46] — FOOTNOTES: — 30. HOW PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY WAS FIRST HEARD OF AT SITKA⁠ [49] — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.MYTHS RECORDED IN ENGLISH AT WRANGELL — 31. RAVEN⁠ [50] — FOOTNOTES: — 32. KAKĒˊQǃᵘTÊ ⁠ [100] — FOOTNOTES: — 33. ORIGIN OF THE G̣ONAQADĒˊT — FOOTNOTES: — 34. A STORY OF THE G̣ONAQADĒˊT — FOOTNOTES: — 35. ORIGIN OF THE LǃÊˊNAXX̣ĪˊDAQ ⁠ [105] — FOOTNOTES: — 36. THE THUNDERS — 37. ORIGIN OF THE SCREECH OWL⁠ [106] — FOOTNOTES: — 38. LITTLE FELON — 39. ORIGIN OF THE FERN ROOT AND THE GROUND HOG⁠ [108] — FOOTNOTES: — 40. THE HALIBUT THAT DIVIDED THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS — 41. THE IMAGE THAT CAME TO LIFE — 42. DJĪYĪˊN ⁠ [109] — FOOTNOTES: — 43. THE SELF-BURNING FIRE — FOOTNOTES: — 44. THE GIANT OF TĀˊSNA — 45. THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED A LAND OTTER⁠ [111] — FOOTNOTES: — 46. THE LAND-OTTERS’ CAPTIVE — FOOTNOTES: — 47. THE MAN FED FROM THE SKY — FOOTNOTES: — 48. THE SALMON SACK — 49. ROOTS⁠ [114] — FOOTNOTES: — 50. THE MUCUS CHILD — 51. THE SALMON CHIEF — FOOTNOTES: — 52. THE JEALOUS UNCLE⁠ [116] — FOOTNOTES: — 53. THE MAN WHO MARRIED THE EAGLE — 54. THE BRANT WIFE⁠ [117] — FOOTNOTES: — 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. GAMNĀˊTCKǃÎ ⁠ [118] — FOOTNOTES: — 60. THE HĪN-TAỴĪˊCÎ — 61. THE EAST AND NORTH WINDS — 62. THE BIG BEAVER — 63. BEAVER AND PORCUPINE⁠ [119] — FOOTNOTES: — 64. THE MAN WHO ENTERTAINED THE BEARS⁠ [120] — FOOTNOTES: — 65. MOUNTAIN DWELLER⁠ [121] — FOOTNOTES: — 66. HOW THE SITKA KÎKSAˊDÎ OBTAINED THE FROG⁠ [122] — FOOTNOTES: — 67. QĀQǃATCGŪˊK ⁠ [123] — FOOTNOTES: — 68. THE BEAVER OF KILLISNOO — 69. STORY OF THE GRIZZLY-BEAR CREST OF THE TEˊQOEDÎ ⁠ [124] — FOOTNOTES: — 70. STORY OF THE EAGLE CREST OF THE NEXAˊDÎ — 71. STORY OF THE KILLER-WHALE CREST OF THE DAQLǃAWEˊDÎ ⁠ [125] — FOOTNOTES: — 72. STORY OF THE NANỴAĀˊỴÎ CRESTS — 73. STORY OF THE FROG CREST OF THE KÎKSAˊDÎ OF WRANGELL⁠ [126] — FOOTNOTES: — 74. STORY OF THE KĀˊGWANTĀN CRESTS — 75. MIGRATION OF THE GĀNAXAˊDÎ TO TONGASS — 76. THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED THE FROG⁠ [127] — FOOTNOTES: — 77. THE GIRL WHO MARRIED THE LǃALǃ — 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 [128] — 89. THE ORIGIN OF COPPER⁠ [129] — FOOTNOTES: — 90. THE MAN WHO WAS ABANDONED — 91. THE SHAMAN WHO WENT INTO THE FIRE, AND THE HERON’S SON⁠ [131] — FOOTNOTES: — 92. MOUNTAIN DWELLER⁠ [133] — FOOTNOTES: — 93. KĀHĀˊSǃÎ , THE STRONG MAN⁠ [137] — FOOTNOTES: — 94. THE LǃÊˊNAXX̣ĪˊDAQ ⁠ [139] — FOOTNOTES: — 95. ORIGIN OF THE FROG CREST AMONG THE KÎKSAˊDÎ ⁠ [140] — FOOTNOTES: — 96. HOW THE KÎKSAˊDÎ CAME TO SITKA⁠ [141] — FOOTNOTES: — 97. THE FOUR BROTHERS⁠ [142] — FOOTNOTES: — 98. THE KÎKSAˊDÎ WOMAN WHO WAS TURNED INTO AN OWL⁠ [145] — FOOTNOTES: — 99. MOLDY-END⁠ [147] — FOOTNOTES: — 100. MOLDY-END⁠ [151] — FOOTNOTES: — 101. QĀQǃATCGŪˊK ⁠ [154] — FOOTNOTES: — 102. THE SEA-LION HUNT — 103. THE WAR IN THE SPRUCE CANOE⁠ [157] — FOOTNOTES: — 104. STORY OF THE KĀˊGWANTĀN ⁠ [158] — FOOTNOTES: — 105. STORY OF THE KÂˊCKǃE QOAN⁠ [163] — FOOTNOTES: — 106. ORIGIN OF A LOW-CASTE NAME⁠ [167] — FOOTNOTES: — THE TOBACCO FEAST⁠ [168] — FOOTNOTES: — SPEECHES DELIVERED AT A FEAST WHEN A POLE WAS ERECTED FOR THE DEAD⁠ [171] — FOOTNOTES: — WORDS OF SONGS TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH GRAPHOPHONE RECORDS — FOOTNOTES: — FOOTNOTES: — FOOTNOTES: — FOOTNOTES: — FOOTNOTES: — FOOTNOTES: — FOOTNOTES: — FOOTNOTES: — FOOTNOTES: — FOOTNOTES: — FOOTNOTES: — FOOTNOTES: — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.ABSTRACTS OF MYTHS — 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. Kᴀkaˊ — 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. Kātsǃ — 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 — 32. Kakēˊqǃᵘtê — 33. Origin of the G̣onaqadēˊt — 34. A Story of the G̣onaqadēˊt — 35. Origin of the lǃeˊnaxx̣īˊdaq — 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. Djīyīˊn — 43. The Self-burning Fire — 44. The Giant of Tāˊsna — 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. Gamnāˊtckǃî — 60. The Hīn-taỵīˊcî — 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 Kîksaˊdî Obtained the Frog — 67. Qāqǃatcgūˊk — 68. The Beaver of Killisnoo — 69. Story of the Grizzly-bear Crest of the Teˊqoedî — 70. Story of the Eagle Crest of the Nexaˊdî — 71. Story of the Killer-whale Crest of the Daqlǃaweˊdî — 72. Story of the Nanỵaāˊỵî Crests — 73. Story of the Frog Crest of the Kîksaˊdî of Wrangell — 74. Story of the Kāˊgwantān Crests — 75. Migration of the G̣ānaxaˊdî to Tongass — 76. The Woman who Married the Frog — 77. The Girl who Married the ʟǃᴀʟǃ — 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 — 89. The Origin of Copper — 90. The Man who was Abandoned — 91. The Shaman who Went into the Fire, and the Heron’s Son — 92. Mountain Dweller — 93. Kāhāˊsǃî , the Strong Man — 94. The lǃêˊnaxx̣īˊdaq — 95. Origin of the Frog Crest among the Kîksaˊdî — 96. How the Kîksaˊdî Came to Sitka — 97. The Four Brothers — 98. The Kîksaˊdî Woman who was Turned into an Owl — 99. Moldy-end — 100. Moldy-end — 101. QāQǃatcgūˊk — 102. The Sea-lion Hunt — 103. The War in the Spruce Canoe — 104. Story of the Kāˊgwantān — 105. Story of the Kâˊckǃe qoan — 106. Origin of a Low-caste Name
10. 10.Untitled

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