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I. Cradle Songs. 55

Y'KU GTNA'-i.

55.

(Words in Tlingit)

Ya'nax, ya'nax; 'hao; ya'nax, ya'nax. 2

Gadj'djs dqal dAsg xku yana.

his dog

WAgakda kAda'ostdja.

p. 39

Haida Equivalent.

Xa'as xA'nhao q'gas wa'ga A'ga k!'gagA'ga:

Dogs even when they have pups to them theirs love:

Wa'alhao A'ga ga d k!ga'gA.

That is why mine I love.

Even dogs love their offspring:

So I love mine.

Footnotes

38:2
This line is repeated several times.

fairy mythology| mythology fairy
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