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KAI AND HIS FATHER-IN-LAW

Old Ko-a-lák-ak-a, who told this myth, did not know who Natanatas was, but she thought that he represented Wind. He could cause a storm, and when a storm was raging, by wishing hard he could quell it. Natanatas gave his son-in-law what he thought to be impossible tasks.—The giving of tasks to a new son-in-law is a feature in many Indian myths, and also in Aryan myths.

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Title:Myths of the Modocs
Editor:Jeremiah Curtin (1835–1906)Info https://viaf.org/viaf/37277243/
File generation date:2024-04-17 19:09:38 UTC
Language:English
Original publication date:1912

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