The Moon is female or bisexual, the Sun is male
The Moon is male, the Sun is also male or (much more rare) asexual
Some creature or creatures regularly (sunrise and sunset, summer and winter, lunar phases) or irregularly (solar and lunar eclipses, eschatological events) attack the luminaries or shade their light
The sun and/or the moon are inanimate objects thrown up to the sky or fixed in the sky
The primeval ancestors come together to choose the best candidate to become the Sun and/or to send the Sun to the sky or to see how the Sun rises to the sky for the first time
Jackal, coyote, or fox are connected with the Moon (usually with the origin of spots on the lunar disc)
The earth is a female person (alone or together with a male person); she is female being or associated with a woman
The male Sky (the Sun, the Thunder, the creator of the sky) marries the female Earth (or its female creator) or the female Sky marries the male Earth
Original earth was small and later increased in size or the fertile soil grew from a small amount of original substance
In the beginning of time, a male and a female persons meet each other and become engaged into the dialogue
Woman (alone or with her companion) gives birth to or creates not only people but also different creatures and objects
Sea, river, waters of flood flow out of a small receptacle
Darkness is a particular object that can be carried (usually brought from its original owner in a container)
Certain stars or constellations are interpreted as hunters, their dogs and game that the hunters pursue
Female person is the owner or inventor (but not the personification) of the fire
Person asks another person of the opposite sex about destination or place of her or his genitals. Usually it is made after putting questions about function of other body parts; or person tries to use for sex different parts of the partner's body or tests them before reaching the best place where the genitals should be put
Person or creature is transformed. Separate parts of its (his, her) body give origin to different objects or creatures (only etiological narratives are considered)
Person or creature is transformed. Separate parts of its (his, her) body give origin to different plants, mostly edible or cultivated
A dead woman returns to earth but flies back as a bird or a fly
Ancestors surround their (dead) chief trying to defend him or his corpse. A trickster gets to go through the ring, kills the chief or steals and devours his heart
Person has a series of suggestions how to make the world easy for living and free of hard work and death. His companion successively rejects them. Their dialogue forever defines conditions of human life
Coyote is responsible for introduction of permanent death
It to point at the rainbow, pointing finger or entire arm will rot, wither or become crooked
Milky Way is a sky river, water body, chain of beings that swim
Milky Way is the path over which souls travel to the beyond or a path of the funeral procession
Shining sky objects or atmospheric phenomena are excrements of sky dwellers
Stars are people, ghosts, anthropomorphic beings (interpretations of unique star objects like Venus or Polaris as persons not considered)
Milky Way is the backbone of the sky or of all the world
The Pleiades are a group of girls or women (with children)
The Pleiades are any people (of any ages and sex, combined data of i99-i100a)
One of constellations represents a hand with fingers
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
Hero climbs up (e.g. to a tree) or down (e.g. into a deep cave) by ladder, rope, from branch to branch, etc. The rope etc. breaks or is intentionally destroyed and the hero cannot return to the ground. (All cases of motif K2A, besides the Koreans, also contain motif K2)
Person climbs up a tree or rock or descends to a cave to get eggs or nestlings from the bird's nest. Another person remains on the ground. They get into conflict and/or the first person is unable to get back to the ground
An ordeal: to smoke a huge or poisonous pipe or to remain alive in poisonous smoke
Maternal uncle or father (or grandfather if he replaces father who is not mentioned) of the young man is his rival or enemy and tries to kill him
Person is temporary transformed into animal (usually into a dog or coyote or into donkey, ox, etc.). When he acquires his human guise again, the antagonist suffers similar transformation. In some texts only the hero or only the antagonist is transformed
A demonic or animal person steals a boy and pretends to be his real mother or father. The boy gets to know the truth, leaves the false parent
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
A monstrous being is killed or neutralized by (burning hot) stones (pieces of metal, heavy fruits, etc.) thrown into its maw or anus or the being retreats when they menace to throw a stone into its maw
A baby or small child proves to be a demon, devours or injures people
A small animal digs an underground hole to the place where the monstrous stag, elk, antelope, or buffalo lies. Hero climbs along the tunnel and kills the monster
After digging a tunnel under a lying monstrous animal, a small animal (usually a mouse) bites off the monster's hair at a certain place. Hero kills the monster thrusting his spear or arrow through the hairless place into the monster's heart
Dangerous cannibal or bush spirit who abducts children, attacks people, etc. is associated with an owl
Person or creature pretends to be afraid of a particular sort of treatment that really cannot do him any harm
In episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is fox, jackal or coyote
A man tries to join a group of persons who are or become stars (usually the Pleiades) but suffers a reverse; or he pursues the stars to have sexual contact or to be reintegrated with members of his family
Before finding a part of the body that is the best for some particular function, other parts are proven or enumerated
Somebody claims that he has been born before present world came into being. His opponent claims the same, and they argue who of them is the older
Person asks another how her or his children got their pretty colors. Another answers that she or he put them into the fire. roasted, etc. The first person believes, kills his or her children
The Belt of Orion is the animal or three animals, other star (of the Orion or outside of this constellation) is the hunter
In context of the Cosmic Hunt myth one of the stars (group of stars) is an arrow or a bullet which hit the animal or three animals identified with the Belt of Orion
Fly(-woman) obtains fire by "washing" her hands like a fire-drill twirler
Person’s (demonic) nature becomes clear when he or she laughs and shows his or her teeth
Person has a series of suggestions how to make the world easy for living and free of hard work and death. His companion successively rejects them. Their dialogue forever defines conditions of human life
Milky Way is a trace of big animals who were walking or running along it
Two different ungulates run a race in the sky. Usually Milky Way is their trace of dust
At the terminal part of the narrative the antagonist of the hero descends into the underworld
On their way to the Beyond, souls of the dead must get between clashing rocks or other moving obstacles