BEAST MYTHS. Beasts and birds are credited with divine or semi-divine attributes.
Greeks.
Io as a cow chased into Egypt by gad-fly sent by Hera. Amphitryon chases the Cadmean fox with the Athenian dog. Bellerophon slays the Chimæra with the help of Pegasus. The Centaurs.
Caribs (Antilles). The ibis.
Chinooks (Colombia River). Blue Jay.
Aschochimi Indians (California). The coyote.
Thlinkeet Indians. Yetl the raven.
Australians. Pund-jel the eagle-hawk.
Ahts Indians (Vancouver Island). Tootah, the thunder-bird, universal mother.
Banks Islanders. Marawa the spider.