D4E. A coyote or fox produce fire.

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The thief or giver of fire, light, or sun is a coyote or fox (marked in square brackets). See motive 4A.

Uduk [fox], quarry [fox], shuswap [hare and fox], thompson, snookually [fox], curdalen, tutuni, upper coquil, modoc [fox], onondaga [marten and fox], kiowa, kiowa apache, arikara, tonkawa, yurok, karok, shasta, chimariko, lassik, kato, mattol, waylaki, yuki, coastal yuki, pomo, vintu, nomlaki, yana, achomavi, mountain miwok, chukchansi yokutz, yokutz, northern payut, panamint, northern and Western Shoshones, Goshiyutes, Utah, Southern Payutes, Jicarilla [Coyote or Fox], Western Apache, Chirikahua, Lipan, Tewa, Oriental Ceres (Sia), Cuicateques [Fox], Mihe [Fox], Aymara [Fox], Toba [Fox]

Sudan-East Africa. Uduk [Trickster-Fox brought fire to people and taught people how to talk]: Scheub 2000:16.

The coast is the Plateau. Coyote, if not otherwise. Quarry [fox]; shuswap [hare and fox]; Thompson; snookually [fox]; curdalen [Coyote and Antelope have four children each; Coyote's children are kidnapped in a village where the Sun is chief, a shining disc; they run, passing it on the baton, everyone dies; the latter hands the Antelope's children, they bring the disc; the Coyote takes it, is going to throw it into the river, the Antelope returns; the Coyote goes to take revenge on the Sun; steps on the Lark, immediately heals his leg; the Lark only walks at night, hide during the day; the Coyote rewards him with a black pendant on a black lace belonging to Blue Jay; his four advisers ( apparently, excrement, or penis, testicles, excrement) tell the Sun at the source, where the Sun stops at noon and drinks, to dig a hole, hide in it; to cut off what hangs down to the Sun, this heart; The coyote cuts it off, it turns dark; the Coyote goes, stumbles over the Sun's corpse; the advisers tell him to lower the cut to the ground; it's light again]: Reichard 1947, No. 3:73-76; tututni; upper coquill [Coyote selects a hundred of the best people, throws a handful of sand on the water, a road crosses the sea; they come to a large village; Coyote invites God to play, let him put fire and fish on the line , berries; they play for 10 days, the Coyote puts a star in his eye to think he is awake all the time; God begins to doze; the Coyote grabs everything they need, the fish follows the water, they come back; The last time the Turtle had fire, she says that she put it in the roots of the willow; fish are cooked; now there are various berries; (more about the 10 sons of the Coyote, who were born by the girl he captured)]: Jacobs 2007:151-158; modoc [fox].

Northeast. Onondaga [The marten and the fox take out the sun, run away, throwing it to each other; the old woman almost grabs the Fox, who throws the sun to the sky]: Hewitt 1903:201-208.

Plains. A coyote. Kiowa: Parsons 1929a, No. 4 [dark; the chief sends two Hawks, the Partridge, the Coyote, to the owners of the sun; they use it as a hoop to play; the Coyote drives the sun, throws it on the tree; from there The spider throws him into the sky], 5 [the chief sends Rabbit, Deer, Fox, Hawk behind the sun; the rabbit runs chasing the sun; all four from behind are burned]: 11-14; Kiova-apache; arikara; tonkawa.

California. Yurok: Kroeber 1976, No. X11 [fire owners live overseas; the Eagle comes to make a fire; the Coyote grabs a spark; passes the baton to the Deer, Otter (Fisher), Duck], Z1 [there was no fire, people they cooked, warming their food with their bodies; the acorns were made of resin; one person saw that the Sun in the sky had fire, but the Sun refused to give it away; the raven was enough, passing the baton to other animal people; The last turtle dives, puts fire in the willow roots]: 428-429, 441-442; punk: Bancroft 1875 (Powers' Pomo MS) [two old women own fire; Coyote arranges various animals on the way from them to home; comes to old women, asks permission to warm up; runs away with burning smut; hands it over to Puma, Bear, Squirrel; the last is the Frog, the woman is almost grabbed by her, she swallows coal, dives; her tail burns, now only tadpoles have it; spits fire into the pieces of wood from which it is obtained by friction]: 115-117 (also in Judson 1994:81-82); Kroeber, Gifford 1980 [Coyote runs away with burning bark between toes; passes the baton to various animals and birds; The frog is the last, swallows fire, dives; spits into alder, willow; teaches how to make a fire drill], No. A7 and II43 [hornets in the upper reaches of the river they own fire; Coyote promises to paint them, asks you to close your eyes], F11, II7 [the old woman owns fire]: 11-12, 62-64, 152-153, 196-197; shasta [Coyote comes to the owners of the fire when only children are at home; carries away a lit stick or blanket; birds take the baton, then the Turtle; she dives, hiding the fire under her arms, brings people]: Dixon 1910a, No. 3 [Hawk, Eagle, Partridge run]: 13-14; Farrand 1915, No. 2 [Eagle, Vulture flee; having stolen fire, Coyote teaches and make a fire drill]: 209-210; Holsinger 1982 [=Dixon]: 31-32; chimarico [some animal people fail to steal fire; Coyote comes when the owners of the fire at home have only children; takes away the smut; the firemaster runs after him; the Coyote throws smut, the ground lights up; the fox is burned and turned red]: Dixon 1910b, No. 4:304, 353; lassik [ The coyote pretends to be an old woman; when all adults leave, he sends the boys Trout and Fly to play in the yard; he steals the sun; animal people catch and hit it, but the sun falls out of the bag]: Goddard 1906, No. 3 : 136-137; Kato [an orphan sees fire in the distance; the chief sends runners to bring it; the Spider wraps both hands around the fire; he starts laughing when Coyote, dancing in front of him, licks his genitals; The hummingbird grabs and takes the fire away]: Goddard 1909, No. 5:195-197; Mattol (Bear River) [Coyote smeared clay between his legs, sprayed berry juice, pretended to be a menstruating woman, came to the owners sun; grabbed a basket of sun, ran away; a bumblebee, a hummingbird, a hawk, a swallow were sent for him; the ducks almost grabbed him, but he threw the sun on the rocks, it became light]: Nomland 1938:120; wailaki: Curtis 1976 (14) [Coyote goes west; in the house he learns from the boy that the sun is in the basket; puts the owners to sleep, takes the sun away; when he sees a chase, he turns into an old woman collecting clovers; replies that he does not saw the Coyote; next time they do not believe the old woman; the Coyote asks to kill him (in the form of an old woman), throwing him against a rock; goes through, on the other side of the cliff takes his form, armed with a bow and arrow; chase stops; the Coyote throws the sun on the eastern part of the sky]: 167; Goddard 1923, No. 7 [(the text is difficult to understand; it is clear that the sun is being stolen from the original owners)]: 99-102; yuki [ the owners of the Sun hold him under a pile of skins; the Coyote comes, puts them to sleep, carries the Sun in a bag; he is caught up, killed, he manages to break the Sun; the Sun comes to life and revives; tells him to rise from the east, stop at noon to eat; turns into a young woman, comes to the owners of the Month and the Morning Star; when only a little boy is at home, he takes away bags of lights (hereinafter referred to as the Sun; Coyote calls each of the luminaries his sister's son)]: Kroeber 1932b: 922-925; coastal yucis: Gifford 1937, No. 8 [little Salamander cries, parents throw him out of the house; Coyote distinguishes in His cry is words, Fire is on the other side; people come to the Spider hiding the fire in his body; everyone is dancing, moving ridiculously; finally, the Coyote does something very funny; the Spider laughs, fire falls out of his mouth, Coyote grabs fire; this is how people find fire; parents take the child back], 9 [two women own the sun; Mice gnaw through ropes, Coyote carries the sun south; women they chase him, he drops the sun, it soars to the sky; the Coyote turns into coyotes, women into a rock], 10 [The Coyote turns into a girl, goes east to people who own the sun, the month, the stars; in the morning he blows away the sun; turns into an old woman, the pursuers do not recognize him; throws the sun, the world is illuminated], 11 [Coyote comes to an old woman living on the northern end of the world; lies as if he is her grandson; asks what hangs on the wall (there is the sun, the stars, the evening star, the morning star, the month); the old woman falls asleep, the Coyote takes the sun, the morning and the evening stars; the old woman chases him, he throws the lights on the rocks, the world lights up; Coyote turns into coyote, old woman into rock]: 121-123; Pomo: Barrett 1906 [as in 1933, No. 4/5]: 44-46; 1933, No. 4/5 [Bird people kill two sons of a Coyote, make a bag out of their skin, fill with light; Coyote comes to the owners of the sun disguised as an old man; dances until everyone falls asleep; mice gnaw through the rope; a bag of sun falls off a pole; Coyote blows away the sun; The fog tries first detain the Coyote and then the Rabbit, who received the sun from the relay race; the Rabbit opens the bag; all the birds try to hang the sun from the sky, only the Crow succeeds], 15/5 [the sun hangs in his house owners just barely appear in the east; the Coyote and the birds come there to dance; the Coyote puts the owners to sleep, the mice gnaw the rope; only the Raven Brothers manage to hang the sun on the sky], 27 [ The lizard sees the light in the east; the dove confirms that the sun is there; bags of snow, wind, rain, sun hang in the house of sun owners; mice gnaw the rope, the Vulture opens the bag; all birds they try to attach the sun to the sky, only the Ravens can do it], 28 [The lizard sees the light, the Coyote comes to dance to the owners of the sun, puts them to sleep, sends the mice to gnaw the rope; takes the sun away; all birds they try, only the Raven Brothers hang the sun from the sky], 29 [The lizard sees the light in the house of the owners of the sun; the crane carries the Coyote across the lakes; the house has bags of sun, snow, cloud, cold, fog, frost; Coyote gives children shells, they tell them which bag the sun is in; people come to dance, mice chew through the rope; Trout shouts to its people that Coyote people are stealing the sun; all birds trying to hang the sun to the sky, only two Raven Brothers can do it], 30 [two Coyote nephews play ball (shinny) with two Grizzly bears; Grizzly men kill them, sew a bag out of their leather, hide them daylight in it; the lizard sees the light in the east; the Coyote comes there disguised as an old man, dances, puts the owners of the light to sleep, sends mice to gnaw through the rope, ties the hair to the sleepers, takes away the light; The fog almost grabs him, he unties the bag], 31 [The lizard sees the light in the east; the Coyote comes there disguised as an old man, dances, puts the owners of the light to sleep, sends the mice to gnaw the rope, carries him away a bag with the sun, the moon, the Pleiades; the fog almost grabs it, it unties the bag; only the Raven Brothers manage to put the sun in the sky]: 77-79, 103-106, 135-137, 138-139, 140-142, 143-145, 146-147; Curtis 1976 (14) [Two teams play ball (shinney), each hiding something dangerous for the opponent in the ground - one rattlesnake, the other a grizzly bear; two sons of Coyote drive the ball east, it flies into the sun's steam room; the Sun kills young men, hangs bags of their remains on the central pole; Clouds, Rain, Thunder, Stars, animal people dance around; Coyote comes, dances until the flogging is all asleep; sends two Mice to gnaw through the ropes, carries the bags; the Watchman Frog raises the alarm; the Coyote breaks the bags, the world is flooded with light; this is how the sun and the month appeared]: 171; Williams 1954 [fire only for little ones Coyote's grandchildren; they play ball (shinney); The wolf tells the ball to roll east; the Coyote's children are tied in his house, they make light; the Coyote in the form of a middle-aged man dances, tells the mice at this time gnaw through the ropes with which his grandchildren are tied, bumblebees - to put the audience to sleep, glued the hair together with resin when they fell asleep, ran away with his grandchildren; the old woman woke up the sleepers, cut their hair, the Mist people set off in chase; Coyote and his grandchildren hide in the hollow of a horse chestnut (Aesculus glabra, an American variety with an unpleasant smell), it overgrows; since then, fire has been made from this tree]: 32-34; screw [animal people discover a dugout in which two women who own fire live; the Coyote pretends to be cold, the women let him warm up; he steals the smut, tells the Frog; the women tear him off her tail; Frog puts fire in a rotten stump]: DubOis, Demetracopoulou 1931, No. 14:304-305; nomlaks [the world is dark; animals send a Raccoon, then Skunk, Fox, Badger to get light; none of they did not return; the Coyote reaches the sea; The log replies that he will not be able to transport it; the Oak Growth transports him; the Coyote meets the Old Mole; he has a coyote leg pendant in his ear, he gnaws oak; replies that he will bring it on his back, that the oak will split into firewood when he dumps it in camp; that Coyote is his enemy; the Coyote sits on top of a tree, presses the Mole to death, takes his form, tells the tree to move, but it does not fall apart; he explains that he is old; eats everything that has been brought to it clean; the mosquito says he senses the Coyote; he replies that it smells like his pendant in ear; after dancing, people fell asleep, the Coyote took away the light; the fly raises the alarm, but the Coyote did not catch up; then the Mist Brothers were sent; the Coyote turns into chestnut throwing boys for the first time, then into the old man collecting fuel, then at the old woman; each time he replies to the Mists that he did not see the Coyote; when they want to look into the old woman's basket, the Coyote throws and breaks the bag of light, it spreads over world]: Goldschmidt 1951:391-393; Yana [fire on the south side; fox and bird steal fire; hand it over to Coyote; he drops it, the ground lights up]: Sapir 1910, No. 2:31-35; achomavi [Coyote scraped the land was out of nothing, but the Eagle said that there were no mountains on which he could sit; the Coyote made hills, but they were low for the Eagle; he began to scrape the ground himself, made high peaks; when he flew, his feathers fell , trees and bushes arose from them; Coyote and Fox began to argue about what people should be; Coyote: must die forever; Fox: let them be reborn; Coyote won; fire was in the west, Coyote there ran, brought fire with it in his ears]: Powell 1877:273; southern mivok: Merriam 1993:35-43 [the plain in the valley is dark, cold, and the foothills have sun, moon, stars, women, food; Coyote goes there for exploration; when he returns, offers the Crane Chief to buy the sun; he reluctantly agrees; but the sun is not sold, he is guarded by the Turtle; the Coyote turns into a branch, the Turtle throws it into the fire; he does not burns; when the Turtle falls asleep, the Coyote blows the sun away; tells him to go underground through a hole in the sky in the west in the evening and rise from the east in the morning; as soon as the sun is as it is now, The first People turned into animals], 45-46 [The morning is in the east, Chief Golden Eagle is unhappy with life in the dark; as on pp. 35-43, but without the motive of becoming animals]; mountain mivok: Barrett 1919, No. 10 [people in the east own the moon and the sun; the Coyote turns into a dry stick; the chief picks it up, throws it to the fire; when the chief falls asleep, the Coyote takes the sun away, puts it in the sky]: 19-20; Chukchansi yokutz: Rogers, Gayton 1944, No. 1 [world in darkness; Turtle owns fire (=Morning Star, Sun) while sitting on it; Coyote sticks a hollow log to the fire, climbs into a hole, carries fire/light], 2 [Eagle wants light; his nephew Coyote sees light in the east; the Morning Star is hidden under a basket, sitting on it a big Frog; the Coyote turns into a branch, thrown next to the fire, puts the fire owners to sleep, takes the Morning Star; dawns]: 192-195; Yokutz: Stewart 1906 [The Coyote sends his brother Wolf to the mountains for fire; the wolf comes to the big lake, fights the owners of the fire; takes part makes it the moon, then the sun]: 322; 1908 [The Eagle Chief sends the Raven to find out which side the fire owners live in; then orders the fire to be brought; the Coyote goes too; stealing fire, he touches the baby, he cries; people wake up, chase; Coyote runs winding, so the riverbed is winding]: 237-238; Kroeber 1907a, No. 16 [Eagle sends Roadrunner and Fox to get fire; Coyote offers to send The crow, the Eagle agrees; the Coyote goes too; the crow sees fire in the west; when the fire owners fall asleep, the kidnappers put fire in the net, carry it away; the Coyote kills the baby; The Mist (?) and the Duck is chasing him; the Coyote winds, so the San Joaquin River bed is winding]: 211-212.

Big Pool. A coyote. Northern Payutes; Panamint; Northern and Western Shoshones; Goshiute; Utah; Southern Payutes.

The Great Southwest. A coyote. Jicarilla [or fox]; western Apache; chiricahua; lipan; teva; eastern keres (Sia).

Mesoamerica Fox. Cuicateques; Micah.

The Central Andes. Fox. Aymara.

Chaco. Fox. Toba.