Mother of a girl rejects in succession birds (and animals) who come to ask her daughter in marriage, but accepts a man from the sky (the Sun) as her son-in-law
| Areal ID | Tradition |
| 12.1.2.2 | Tagish |
| 12.2.1.1 | Eyak |
| 12.2.1.2 | Tlingit |
| 12.2.1.3 | Haida |
| 12.2.1.4 | Tsimshian |
| 12.3.1.1 | Carrier |
| 7.2.1.2 | Ontong Java, Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuria |