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Note 453 — Chapter IX · MYTHOLOGY (continued).

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Schoolcraft, ‘Algic Researches,’ vol. ii. p. 40, &c.; Loskiel, ‘Gesch. der Mission,’ Barby, 1789, p. 47 (the English edition, part i. p. 35, is incorrect). See also Brinton, ‘Myths of New World,’ p. 63. In an Esquimaux tale, Giviok comes to the two mountains which shut and open; paddling swiftly between, he gets through, but the mountains clashing together crush the stern of his kayak: Rink, ‘Eskimoische Eventyr og Sagn,’ p. 98, referred to by Liebrecht, l.c.

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