sts and
spirits.

[1056] Teit, _Thompson River Indians_, p. 19 ff.

[1057] L. Farrand, "Traditions of the Chilcotin Indians" in
_Jesup North Pacific Expedition_ (vol. ii of _Memoirs of the
American Museum of Natural History_), i, 14 ff.; Farrand and
Kahnweiler, "Traditions of the Quinault Indians," ibid.,
iii, 111; Boas, _Indianische Sagen_, p. 194 ff.; C.
Hill-Tout, articles in _Journal of the Anthropological
Institute_, vols. xxxiv, xxxv, xxxvii.

[1058] Boas, Introduction to Teit's _Thompson River
Indians_, p. 16, and "Reports on the Indians of British
Columbia" in _Reports of the British Association for the
Advancement of Science_, vols. lix, lx, lxi, lxiv, lxv. A
tricksy character is ascribed to Loki in some of the Norse
stories (Saussaye, _Religion of the Teutons_, p. 263). Loki,
however, as he appears in the literature, is a highly
complex figure.

[1059] See Boas's Introduction in Teit's _Thompson River
Indians_.

[1060] R. B. Dixon, _The Northern Maidu_, p. 263.

[1061] A. C. Hollis, _The Masai_, p. 264 f.; Lang, _Myth,
Ritual, and Religion_, 1st ed., ii, 4 f.

[1062] Spencer and Gillen, _Native Tribes of Central
Australia_, p. 123 ff.

[1063] W. Matthews, _Navaho Legends_, pp. 69 ff., 73 ff.

[1064] See Brinton, _Myth of the New World_ and _American
Hero-Myths_; _Journal of American Folklore_, passim. On the
'Hiawatha' myth see Hale, _Iroquois Book of Rites_, p. 180
ff., and Beauchamp, in _Journal of American Folklore_,
October, 1891.

[1065] Codrington, _The Melanesians_, pp. 28, 167, and
Index, s.v. _Qat_.

[1066] He is called also the "Big Raven," belonging under
this title in the cycle of raven myths of the North Pacific
Ocean (both in Asia and in America); see Jochelson, in
_Jesup North Pacific Expedition_, vi, i, 17 f.

[1067] Hollis, _The Nandi_, p. 98 f.; Callaway, _The
Amazulu_, p. 1 ff.; cf. the Japanese mythical emperor Jimmu
(Knox, _Development of Religion in Japan_, pp. 46, 63).

[1068] Jastrow, _Religion of Babylonia and Assyria_, Index,
s.v.; Gen. iv; articles in Roscher's _Lexikon_, s.vv.;
Gruppe, _Griechische Mythologie_, Index, s.vv.

[1069] It is noteworthy that among the numerous aetiological
myths there seems to be no attempt to account for the origin
of language. Language was thought of as so simple and
natural a thing that no explanation of its beginnings was
necessary. A