Hurons. Atænsic (the moon) destroys the living,
Australians. Woman goes near a forbidden tree.
New Zealand. Mani was not properly baptized.
Fiji Islanders. The moon desired that men should die and live again like herself, but the rat opposed this, and so men die as rats do.
Polynesians. Mani tries to pass through Night, a little bird sings, night awakes, snaps up Mani, and "so men die."
Banks Islanders. Qat, Mate, Panoi, and Tangaro the Fool. Tangaro the Fool is set to watch the path taken by Death, that men may avoid it, but makes the mistake of pointing to men the path to Hades as that of the path of the upper world. So men have, perforce, to follow this road to Panoi and the dead.
Pentecost Islanders. Tagar makes man die for live days only and live again, but Suque causes them to die for ever.
Solomon Islanders. Koevari resumes cast-off skin.
SOUL MYTHS, (1) In which the idea is found that a person's life, heart, or soul may be separated from him as a life-token or life-index, and that so long as this is kept safe or remains concealed, its owner is immortal. (2) Other myths dealing with the passage of the soul to the Otherworld.
Egyptians. Story of the two brothers.