Water is the original element, the dry earth appears later
Islands or continent are fished out of the ocean or pulled to their present place by rope
Darkness is a particular object that can be carried (usually brought from its original owner in a container)
People turn into animals, birds or stones at a feast, after the feast, after performing a ritual or after a victory over dangerous enemy
Inhabitans of the Middle World are (partly) destroyed (or will be destoyed) once by fire or draught, another time by a flood or the world is destroyed with a flood of fire or boiling water
Female person is the owner or inventor (but not the personification) of the fire
First people or inhabitants of a distant country cook food in the sun; or fire owner lies that he or she cooks food in the sun
People do not become young (usually do not shed their skin) anymore because certain person was bothered during rejuvenation or was not recognized by his family in his new guise
People (elder brothers, elder siblings, elder sister) disappear (one by one). A lonely woman has a baby or finds a baby or she becomes pregnant magically and gives birth to a boy or twins. The boy grows up, exterminates the antagonists, usually revives and releases those who had disappeared
When person comes to the water body, waters are split apart so the person reaches the other bank walking on the dry ground
Person ascends to the sky (rare: descends from the sky; ascends the cliff) by a rope, a ladder, etc. Another person tries to follow him or her but the rope (the ladder) is broken or severed
Not being burned in a fire, person ascends to the sky or gets across a river on clouds of smoke
A man consciously marries a woman related to the non-human world
Finding a hole in the ground or making it, person gets to see below another world. Usually the earth is seen from the sky
Person discovers (rare:still fails to discover) another getting to see his or her shadow or reflection in water
A demonic being swallows a multitude of people and animals. When it is killed and cut open, the swallowed ones come out alive or are revived
A man travels and comes to two or several blind (usually old) persons
Stars are people, ghosts, anthropomorphic beings (interpretations of unique star objects like Venus or Polaris as persons not considered)
Getting to the sky or (rare) to the lower world a man comes across one or two blind persons, then returns to the earth. Usually he cures their eyes
A man comes across (often in the sky) one or two blind persons and cures their eyes
To overcome a monster, the youth (twin boys) prepares spears and puts them all along the path from the monster’s den to his place. When the monster pursues him, the youth throws his spears one after another and ultimately kills the monster
It to point at the rainbow, pointing finger or entire arm will rot, wither or become crooked
To become sure that the ogre is dead a bird or an insec enters his body from the mouth and flies out from the anus
All humans, members of a particular ethnic or social group or a ruling dynasty are believed to descend from a mortal man and a woman of supernatural origin
People (elder brothers, elder siblings, elder sister) disappear (one by one). A lonely woman has baby twins (or more children) who grow up, exterminates the antagonists, usually revives and releases those who had disappeared