Swanton. Haida texts and myths

Today's free book is Haida texts and myths by John R. Swanton (1905). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).



Table of Contents

How Shining-heavens caused himself to be born
How Master-carpenter began making a canoe to war with Southeast
Canoe people who wear headdresses
Tc!in qa'-idjit 
The girl who fed a raven
Sounding-gambling-sticks
Tc!aawu'nk!
Story of the Food-giving-town people
Story of Those-born-at-Skedans
Story told to accompany bear songs
Fight at the town of Da'x.ua
War between the West Coast Haida and the Tlingit

Myths in English:
Raven traveling
A-slender-one-who-was-given-away
The one abandoned for eating the flipper of a hair seal
Sacred-one-standing-and-moving, Stone-ribs, and Upward
Supernatural-being-who-went-naked
He-who-was-born-from-his-mother's-side
He-who-travels-behind-us (or Qona'ts)
He-who-got-supernatural-power-from-his-little-finger
tAguadji'na, or Eg.aniV'ogana
He who hunted birds in his father's village
The story of him whose sister brought him food from the land otters
How something pulled a row of eagles into the water
The story about him who destroyed his nine nephews
The story of one who saw an eagle town
The one they abandoned because he was the first to spear sea lions
The man who married a killer-whale woman
He who was abandoned by his uncles
The story of those who were abandoned at Stasqa'os
He who married the daughter of the devilfish chief
Those who were fasting to become shamans
Big-tail
The story of him through whom EA'gua spoke
Cloud-watcher
Story of the shaman, G.A'ndox's-father
Djila'qons
Story of the House-point families
How the Seaward-sqoii'ladas obtained the names of their gambling sticks
How one of the Stasa'os-la'nas became wealthy
Stories of the Pitch people
How a red feather pulled up some people in the town of Gunwa
How one was helped by a little wolf
Gunanasi'mgit
Story of the two towns that stood on opposite sides of Nass river
Slaughter-lover
The woman at Nass who fled from her husband
The rejected lover
He who gathered food for an eagle
QcVik!e
Two children's stories
A raid on the Tlingit
War between the West Coast and Ninstints Haidaand the Giti'sda
Raid by the Ninstints Haida on those of the West Coast
Fight between the Kaigani and West Coast Haida
Wars between the Stikine and Sitka Tlingit
Fights between the Town-of-Tc!iVat-giti'ns and the Middle-giti'ns
Fights between the Tsimshian and Haidaand among the northern Haida
War between the Eggs-of-Ski'tg.ao and the Inlet-rear-town people
Wars with the Niska and Tsimshian and conflicts between Haida families
Fight between Those-born-at-Qa'gials and Those-born-at-Skedans
War between the Pebble-town people and the Slaves
War between the people of Kloo and the people of Ninstints
A fight between the Xa'gi-town people and Sand-town people
Wars between the people of Ninstints and the people of Skidegate
Wars between the peoples of Skidegate and Kloo
Wars between the towns of Kloo and Kitkatla and between the Kloo families
War between the people of Kloo and the Tsimshian
War between the people of Kloo and the Bellabella
War between the people of Kloo and the Giti'sda