The Moon is female or bisexual, the Sun is male
The Moon is male, the Sun is also male or (much more rare) asexual
After passing half of the its way across the sky (in the day time) or in the underworld (in the night time), the Sun stops to have a rest
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
People turn into animals, birds or stones at a feast, after the feast, after performing a ritual or after a victory over dangerous enemy
Mole had to support the sky or the Sun that had fallen down. Usually its paw (hand) remained crooked after this
Originally the sky was close to the earth, then it has risen up
When person or creature shakes himself or itself, shakes his or her bed, clothes, plucks birds, etc., snow falls down to earth
The dry land (the earth) grows from a small amount of solid substance (sand, clay, dirt and the like) brought from the lower world (usually from the bottom of the ocean)
The Sun (the day light) that was absent, stolen or hidden appears (again)
Fire is stolen from its original owner or brought back to the people from somebody who had stolen it before
Coyote or fox bring people the fire, the daylight or the Sun
A boy or (among the Kutenai) a woman weeps, asking for an element that is absent, i.e. for summer, fire, or rain
Laughter triggers emergence or spread of fire. Usually fire is obtained from a creature when it bursts out laughing
The first people or (the first) woman (wife of a primeval ancestor) are made of wood
Two persons (usually Coyote and Lizard) argue if people's hand has to be like a paw or people should have fingers
Person does not have a spouse, uses wooden fakes for his wife or her husband
For girls and young women it is dangerous to come near water. Water creatures swallow them or drag away; a girl can die or become pregnant from a spirit; she can trigger a flood (rare: other cataclysm). Water spirits can come themselves to a girl who has her periods
Woman conceives after masturbating with an artificial penis
A bird person gets his crest putting on his head a pubic hair of a woman or part of her genitals
A man cohabits with a group of women (or with several women in succession) concealing his identity and/or intentions. He is either eventually exposed and punished by women or escapes to continue his tricks
A girl gets sick. A man comes to cure her but only copulates with her or makes an attempt to do so
A man uses a trick to have opportunity to make love to his mother-in-law or woman uses a trick to make love to her son-in-law. Usually a man takes with him on a hunt not his wife but her mother
One person wants man to live forever, another wants man to be mortal. When somebody dear to the latter one dies, he or she is eager to accept the suggestion of his or her opponent but the original decision cannot be changed
Game animals were concentrated in one single place. Certain person lets them disperse in the world
Coyote is responsible for introduction of permanent death
Lightning emerges from eyes or mouth of the being who is thought to produce thunderstorms
The sky or the earth rests upon four or five (cardinal points and the center) supports of any kind (poles, mountains, giants)
Originally the earth was unstable and swung, then it was fixed up
Giant water-chthonic or sky serpent or dragon has horns or antlers on its head
The earth or the sky are identified with a big quadruped mammal or are made of parts of its body
The Pleiades are only one anthropomorphic being, not several persons
Spider person raises the hero to the sky, helps him or her to return back to earth or otherwise helps to overcome the borderlines between worlds
Before the hero destroys the antagonists or escapes from them, he finds or receives the remains or possessions that belonged to the antagonists' victim
Person or his helper draws his enemies on the unstable bridge and destroys it. The enemies fall into water, into a precipice
Person stretches his or her leg or neck as a bridge across water body. The fugitives or those who walk ahead cross the bridge; the persecutor or those who are behind usually fall because the person takes his bridge off
A person (usually zoomorphic and female) treacherously kills her (his) companion. The victim's children revenge on the murderer killing her own children
A bear-person (usually Bear-woman) kills her or his female companion who is associated with a weaker animal – not a predator or a weaker predator. The victim's children revenge on the antagonist killing her own children and / or run away and escape
Children of the ungulate animal person (deer, doe, antelope) become the enemies of a predator or bigger ungulate animal person. They kill her (him) and (or) successively escape from her (him)
Two co-wives of female companions live together, both have children. Once when they go to work outdoors (usually to gather wild plants), one of them kills and devours another. The victim's children escape
Hero climbs up a tree or rock to get eggs, nestlings, fruits, honey, etc. Another person makes the tree (rock) grow higher or thicker and the hero is unable to descend back
Because a small child is ignored or punished by its parents (usually it cries late in the evening), bush spirit or animal carries it away
The only vulnerable spot is near the surface of person’s or creature’s body and not in his inner organs
In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is fox, jackal or coyote
Person turns into baby, is picked up by the owner of valuables, steals the valuables or makes love to a woman. The baby is not a demonic creature and does not plan to kill those who picked him up (cf. motif L60)
Every main star of the Big Dipper is interpreted as a particular person or animal
Every one of the seven main stars of the Ursa major is a female person
Person drinks a lake or all the water in the world or all the water is originally inside person's belly. When a hole is made in it, the water pours out
A child suggests another to play. The one who has been invited follows the rules but the initiator does not do it and kills the other
It to point at the rainbow, pointing finger or entire arm will rot, wither or become crooked
Two women live together, each one has children. When they are outdoors, one of them kills another and brings home her flesh. The victim’s children gets to see their mother’s breasts (in California: eyes or liver) or their mother’s breasts speak with them
Vulnerable place on the body of a person or creature is on his or her foot (toe, heel, sole, ankle)
Souls of the dead walk upon the rainbow to the other world
Person who incarnates or owns the fire hides himself or herself or is hidden. To return or to get heath and light, his or her interest is attracted or diverted by way of singing, dancing, playing music, provocative behavior, offering of unusual gifts, sex or alcohol
Spider possesses the fire or steals it from original owner (texts in which spider acts together with other animals and does not play the leading role are not included)
Pierces of flesh or feathers of monstrous/unusual bird turn into common birds (or into their plumage)
Feathers of (giant) bird turn into different present day birds (in their plumage) or into the men
Planning to get or to return valuables, person turns into baby or in a small objects that has power to impregnate a woman. The picked up or the born baby steals the valuables and acquires his real guise (including cases according to which the girl herself is the desired valuable)
Mud from the bottom of the ocean is gathered up forming a heap which suppit emerges over the surface of the water and becomes the earth
A woman is murdered. Her son or children (rare: grandchildren, nephews) revenge for her death
Children (son, sons, son and daughter) of the murdered woman or man revenge on persons who have marital or close kin relations with the victom
Heroes avenge the murder or captivity of the male relatives: (grand)father, uncles, or the elder relatives in general, the loss of the males being the most traumatic
Persons avenge the death of their father, mother or other relatives who are one (rare two) generations older than they