[306.] In addition to these striking characteristics this peculiar monster was said to have only a single rib on either rib, which filled the space occupied by the normal number.
[307.] It is said that this monster was vulnerable only in the soles of its feet.
[308.] This statement that a warrior’s courage was in inverse ratio to the size of the shield he carried is true to-day among the shield-bearing tribes of the United States.
[309.] The notion expressed here that the members of the human or other animate body, possessing marked orenda or magic power, have the uncanny potency to fly back into place when dismembered, unless prevented from doing so until cold, is not uncommon among people having strong faith in sorcery.
[310.] Protest is here made against the abuse or mutilation of the dead.
[312.] Turkey.
[313.] This use of a horn to pierce the foot of a competitor is not uncommon in these stories.
[314.] This statement is probably only a waggish addition of some relator rather than the expression of a belief that the sun may be pushed back by any means.
[315.] This is another instance of the use of the eyes of living birds instead of the usual plum pits in this game.