D4F. The beaver or fish let themselves be fried. 43.55.56.68.70.

Once in a fire, a beaver (in North America) or a fish (in South America) scatters and/or carries fire away from its original owners. See D4A motif.

The coast is the Plateau. Thompson; lillouette; skagit; halkomel; snohomish; snookually; quinolt; Puget Sound; catlamet; sunpual; clickite; ne perse.

The Northern Andes. Amber: Wassen 1933, No. 3 [Crocodile had fire; God asked, he did not give fire; L. went fishing with a net; God turned into rabid fish, L. caught it, gutted it, brought it home, hung it over the fire; the fish's eyes were bright, L. understood that it was God; God jumped out, grabbed a stick, hit L. in the face; he jumped into the water, became a crocodile; God took fire, but there were not enough bananas; God took some thing and it turned into a banana plant]: 109-110.

Llanos. Yaruro: Wilbert, Simoneau 1990c, No. 2 [(=Petrullo 1939:238-239); first there was only Kuma, followed by Itciai, Puaná Kiberoh; K. wanted to get pregnant on the toe, but P. said that there will be too many people this way; this is how Hachawa was born; P. created land, I. created water in rivers; H. found a hole in the ground, sees people below, lowers the rope; an equal number of men and women come out; when a pregnant woman climbs, the rope breaks; therefore, there are few people; at first it is dark and cold; in the center of the earth, where K., the fire was burning; H. threw a fish into the fire, it began to beat, throwing coals, people dismantled them], 12 [during the flood, people climbed to the treetops; Indians turned into howler monkeys and Europeans into birds; the Kiberoñi toad caught the fire; it came to people, lit up the fire, gave it to the Creoles; The Indians were told to catch fish, throw them into the fire, sparks fell, the Indians grabbed the fire], 14 [at the beginning of time, the Old Toad created everything edible, as well as hot coals, to cook; sitting at The fire threw Toad into the sea, but she threw fish into the fire, they scattered sparks and coals, the Toad grabbed them, flew across the sea; taught them how to make fire by friction], 15 [Ichiaí lived among the fire owners; the old toad woman, Mrs. Toad, swam across the water barrier, sailed to the owners of the fire; they lifted her by the legs, threw her away, but she returned; I. caught the fish, threw it into the fire so that the sparks flew; Toad I caught the sparks with my tongue, swam away]: 20, 33, 37-38, 38.

Southern Amazon. The Sun and the Month transformed into fish. Kamayura; vaura; bakairi.

Eastern Brazil. Suya [people bake meat and fish in the sun; old people Sun (Mbyut) and Month (Myudroa) learn that the Otter owns fire; the Sun turns into trout, the Moon turns into a battleship; the Otter's son catches forl, throws into the fire; Trout escapes with fire through the battleship's hole; the Sun and the Month bring fire to people; part of the forest burns out, turns into savannah; Jacques's bird has swallowed coal since then its throat red]: Frikel 1990:19-20.