Water is the original element, the dry earth appears later
Original earth was small and later increased in size or the fertile soil grew from a small amount of original substance
Person decorates different birds (rare: fish), share fat between anomals. Since then, the corresponding species acquire present characteristics
Person paints birds or animals or they paint each other. Some of them are not satisfied with the result
Two birds decorate each other, one becomes worse than it was before
Cesarean operation upon a woman at childbirth as a custom
By trick or by force, a rival or adversary kidnaps hero's wife or bride. The man gets her back
Person makes a sea mammal or fish of wood, it carries another person or persons into the open sea or kills him or them
An ugly, old, lazy, etc. woman or (in Chaco) a male trickster comes to man under disguise of his wife or bride who is driven out, confined to the underworld, killed, etc.
An imposter pretends to be the hero to take his position and/or to marry or to violate his woman
First one, then another man meets a powerful person or persons. The first man is worthy and rewarded with treasure, prestige or the like. The second man (or two men) follows him, behaves in a wrong way and is punished
An antagonist makes a demand to the hero which is correct in form but really is unjustified. The hero fulfills the claims or is punished. Now antagonist takes an object or animal possessed by the hero, is unable to give it back and is punished
Small animals ride a canoe, it sinks, all try to save their lives in their own way
In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is a rat
A man travels and comes to two or several blind (usually old) persons
Many animals of one species that all look identical together fulfill the task that would be impossible for any of them if he were alone; the competitors believe that the task was fulfilled by only one animal. Usually a slow and a fast animals agree to race. The slow one puts other animals of his species at the finish or along the distance, each one answering the fast one that he is ahead of him. The fast one accepts his loss
Birds, animals or fish compete as about who is the fastest or can fly higher than others. A weak one imperceptible sticks to the body of the fastest or strongest and wins
A man comes across (often in the sky) one or two blind persons and cures their eyes
A girl (rejects suitors for a long time but at last) falls in love with a handsome man who proves to be a demon or animal. Usually she eventually escapes from him
A young man and a woman (Konkani: a young girl and a man) marry and later get to know that they commited incest
Husband notices imprints of finger-nails on his wife’s face and assembles all the men to recongize the culprit
A slow and a fast animals (or not flying bird) agree to race. The slow one imperceptibly sticks to the fast one’s body (or to a vehicle) and getting to the finish pretends to come there simultaneously with the fast one or before him
Two different fish (a fish and a whale, dolphin, squid, squid and dolphin, etc.) agree to have a race
A (young) man sets off to find or to return his bride or his wife
Two zoomorphic personages decorates each other or somebody decorates each of them