D4L. Fire from the sky. .11.-.13.16.18.-.20.22.-.24.26.27.31.34.37.41.-.43.45.48. (.57.) .59.66.70.

The first fire is brought to earth from heaven; the first ancestors go to heaven, bringing fire or warmth from there. See D4A motif.

Bantu-speaking Africa. Fioti [The spider weaved long threads, the wind carried them into the sky; the woodpecker climbed them, punched star holes in the sky; then a man climbed in, brought fire from the sky]: Pechuël-Loesche 1907:135; wili [Nzambi's daughter promises to marry only the one who gets fire from Nzambi Mpubgu living in the sky; the spider weaved a rope to the sky, the Woodpecker punched a hole in the sky, after a series of tests they brought sky fire]: Millroth 1965:198; buheba [Biba-Biba cursed Sanan's son for death on earth; S. was left without fire because his brother Lula took everything to heaven; S. gave Eagle a rope of vines, sent to the heavenly forge; upon learning of this, BB ordered L. to light a fire in the forge to catch fire; on the way back, the rope almost burned down, the Eagle threw the remainder between two types of trees; S. took this fire]: Larrea 1955:56 in Zhukov, Kotlyar 1976, No. 2:66, in Kotlyar 2009, No. 287:164-165; gogo [man went to God in heaven for fire; passed three skies where deformed creatures lived, laughed at them; chose the best vessel, containing only ash and coals; the same are other people; the woman did not laugh at creatures, chose the worst vessel, brought the first fire to earth in it]: Cole 1902:315 in Tegnaeus 1950: 150, in Baumann 1936:357; ngala [there was no fire on earth; the inhabitants of the sky came down, taught people how to handle it]: Weeks 1901:460; beams [people ate raw food, froze without fire; someone steals bananas from Motu's garden; he watches people descend from the sky, grabs one of the women, marries him; she asks heavenly people to bring fire, teaches them how to use it; other heavenly people too they come to live in the village; M.'s wife tells me not to open the basket, otherwise all heavenly people will disappear; M. discovered, there is nothing there, his wife and her people have returned to heaven; but the fire and cooking skills remain]: Scheub 2000 : 153; Congo: Kotlyar 1973 [Motu noticed that fruits were being stolen from his garden; guarded, caught a woman from the Land of Clouds, married her; she asked her fellow tribesmen to bring fire from heaven, taught people how to use it; some heavenly people came down to live on earth, Motu became their leader; his wife forbade opening one basket; M. opened it, there was emptiness; his wife and her people returned to heaven]: 36-38 (retelling in Kotlyar 2009, No. 288:154); Weeks 1914 [fire came down from heaven when lightning struck a tree]: 203; Tutsis [people lived in heaven in a beautiful and abundant world, but the Nyinakigwa woman did not there were children; she brought gifts to Imana and asked him to give her a baby; I. made a clay figure, moistened with his saliva, told him to put it in a vessel, pour milk into it in the morning and evening, not to tell anyone ; 9 months later, a newborn screamed; so the woman asked I. for her sons Kigwa and Lututsi and daughter Nyinabatutsi; they grew up; sister N. is also infertile; one day, when N. was drunk, she found out from her secret; N. came to I.; he was angry, said that he would send her children to live on land; after that, the brothers could not get anything from hunting; the mat on which they were sitting with his sister carried them to the ground; I. said that N. will sometimes be able to see his children from heaven and one day they will return; after death, the king's body is first dried by the fire, then burned, his spirit rises to heaven; his brothers and sister prayed to I. , he sent fire and cultivated plants from the sky, then a couple of pets; K. married his sister, he has three sons and three daughters; they got married, and L. married the eldest; humans and animals multiplied]: Loupias 1908:2-12; silt; zezuru [The hare steals fire from the sky]; tsonga [fire brought from the sky by a turtle]: Torrend 1921:64 in Kotlyar 2009, No. 290:166

West Africa. Kissy [Meleka had fire in the sky; he sent a hawk with fire to walk a distant star, but it dropped the fire to the ground; they used to eat raw food, now people have learned to cook; there was no pottery yet, cooked in hollow stones; one woman learned to fill the fire with water; the hawk still flies where the forest is burned, trying to take the fire back]: Pinney 1973:58-59; ecoi [the fire was in the sky near the creator of Obassi Osaw; chief Etim 'Ne went up to heaven, asked for fire, received a rude refusal; the boy promised to bring fire; gained confidence in O., began to work for him; O.'s wives asked him to light a lamp, he hid the smut in the forest, went down to the ground with it at night; for stealing fire, O. deprived him of the opportunity to walk, he is Lame Boy]: Talbot 1912:370-371 (retelling in Scheub 2000:195-196); anyi; catch-up ; Yoruba [first water and swamp below the sky; Arámfè sent his sons Odúva and Orísha to create peace and people; Oruve gave royalty, Orixa a bag of wisdom and arts; by On the way down, Oduva gave Orisha a drink, stole a bag; lowered a chain from the edge of the sky, sent Priest Ojúma down it, giving him a snail shell filled with magic sand and a five-toed chicken; he scattered sand over in the water, the chicken scattered it with its paw, land appeared, in the center - Ife; after that, Oduva and Orisha descended by themselves; Orisha began to make people; it was dark; Aramph sent the sun, moon and fire; the fire brought on his The head was a vulture, so she was bald; Oduva, Orisha, and the gods who supported everyone began to fight for the bag of wisdom; Oduva took it away, turning into stone and falling into the underworld; he became king his son Ogun, god of blacksmiths]: Wyndham 1919:107-108.

Sudan-East Africa. Pygmies efe [the man got lost, went to Tore's house, his mother was sleeping, the man took the fire; the mother woke up from the cold, T. caught up with the man, took away the fire; the other put on Raven's feathers, flew to heaven, took the fire away, T. did not catch up with it; T.'s mother died of cold, T. made people mortal as punishment]: Trilles 1945:171 (also Schebesta in Abrahamsson 1951:113).

Western Europe. Wren brings fire from the sky. French: Dähnhardt 1910:94-95 (Normandy) [=Carlin 1991:332-333; at the request of people, Sylvia troglodytes flew to heaven for fire, brought it to the ground, was badly burned; all the birds gave he did not give his feathers; the owl did not give him, since then she has been hiding from other birds], 95 [1) Normandy; the wren brought fire from the sky, burned; all the birds gave him their feathers; the Cuckoo did not give it and is now despised; when The wren brought fire, Malinovka came close to him, her breast was also burned; 2) Normandy; only the Wren decided to fly to heaven for fire; God warned him that he could get burned; when he brought fire to the ground, all its feathers burned down; the birds gave him a pen, so he was colorful; the bat did not give, the birds rushed at it, it now dares to fly out only at night; 3) dep. Loiret (south of Paris); Wren carried fire from the sky, handed to Malinovka, that Lark, so the fire hit people; 4) Démuin; fire brought people from the sky Wren, burned, the birds gave him a pen; only The owl did not give, since then it hides from other birds, flies out at night; 5) Bayeux; Wren brought fire from the sky, burned], 96 [Fr. Guernsey; Wren brought fire, the breast was burned, turned red]; Rouzel 1996 [1) Normandy; Korolek brought the fire; 2) The robin flew to the sky for the fire, the wren lit it]: 153 (all data also in S ébillot 1906:156-157); the Flemish people [since the wren flew above everyone else, he was sent to heaven to bring fire; he returned with fire carrying it on his chest, so his breast turned red]: Van den Berg 2000, No. 96:114; walloons [the fire was in heaven; God asked the birds to carry it to the ground; The swallow carried a fire on its tail, it burned the middle of its tail, it threw the fire, returned to heaven; Wren carried it on feathers, did not throw it, but burned naked; all the birds penned him, so he is colorful; only the Owl did not give it, so he hides from other birds, flies out only at night]: Dähnhardt 1910:95-96 (=Sé billot 1906:159).

Australia. Cape Grafton (Queensland) [there was no fire on the ground; Wren (Malarus sp.) flew, brought fire from the sky, hid it under its tail; indicated the types of wood from which to get fire by friction, but people they just rubbed their hands; one person turned around and laughed when he saw a red spot on Wren's tail; he taught me how to get fire, the stain on his tail remained]: Roth 1903 in Maddock 1970:188, in Dixon 1916:283, in Frazer 1930:6; Tasmanians: Bonwick 1870 [fire was brought from the sky by a bird or bandicoot]: 192; (cf. Smyth 1878:461-462 in Maddock 1970 [people saw two men at the top of the hill (they're Castor and Pollux now); they threw fire at them, people got scared first, then picked him up]: 195)

Melanesia. Ayom (Tembregak band, Asai River) [people lived in the sky; Tumbregak took his dog and went down a rotan rope to hunt on the ground; the rope was cut off; his wife threw him fire, sweet potatoes, bananas, sugar cane, beans, four Oguns; he built a hut; when he returned and found food cooked, cucumbers turned into four women; two gave birth to a son, the other two to a daughter, the children got married, became human ancestors]: Aufenanger 1960:247-248; the Purari Delta [people baked food in the sun; Aua Maku's daughter, Kauu, saw a handsome young man Maiku from the sky; came down with a thunder; told the chosen one wait for her to return to heaven to pick up her property; returned again with a thunder, began to live in M.'s house; found out that people did not have fire, could not eat crabs baked in the sun; fell ill from exhaustion; her father Aua Maku saw his daughter from the sky, brought smoldering smut; var.: set fire to a certain tree, her son-in-law took fire from it]: Williams 1924:257-259; Malaita [Vulanangela swallowed by fish, swims in it for 10 days to the east; when the fish is aground, it cuts through its side with a flint knife, goes out, sits on the ground; hears a knock under him; the Sun replies that V. prevents him from getting out; V. gets up; The sun brings him home, he lives with him for two years; he returns, bringing fire to people from the Sun]: Coombe 1911:291.

Micronesia-Polynesia. Rennel [Honey Eater) and Fantail decided to go to heaven and get fire from the people there; they got there and started dancing; while the inhabitants of the sky were watching, the flycatcher stole fire; they went down the trees with fire so that the wood is burning now]: Kirtley, Elbert 1973:246; Maori [The sun sent his son a Comet to earth to bring fire to people; he married Mahuika, she gave birth to Fire Children (their names are after the names of their fingers) who produce fire for humans]: Best 1972:66.

Burma - Indochina. Wa (kava) [rain filled the fire, a man sent a bird to heaven, where Thunder showed how to produce fire by friction]: Obayashi 1966:47-48; muongi [fire in heaven; first ruler of Tá Can sent a bat after him; when she grabbed the hot coals, evil spirits sprayed them with water; then the ruler sent a gadfly; the spirits again filled the coals with water, but the gadfly saw how to get fire by friction with split bamboo sticks and taught people; got the right to bite cattle and people]: Grigoreva 2019:58.

South Asia. Ancient India [Vivasvat (father of Yama, Yami and Manu) was the first on earth to make a sacrifice and give people fire; he sent the wind spirit of Matarishwan for him, who brought fire from heaven to earth]: Erman, Temkin 1975, No. 5:23, 205 (note) [Matarishvan is a tertiary deity of Vedic mythology; starting with Atharvaveda, he acts as a wind spirit, sometimes identified with the fire he brought from heaven to earth]; Sinhalas [bird kawudu pannikkia (like a swallow) brought people fire from the sky; a jealous crow dipped it into the water, put out the fire; these birds have been at odds ever since]: Dhnhardt 1910:109.

Malaysia-Indonesia. The Andamans: Man 1932 [Puluga (supreme deity, thunderstorm) sent a flood; two pairs of people were in boats at that time, escaped; they had no fire; a small kingfisher flew to heaven to P. grabbed a burning smut, couldn't hold it, dropped it on P.; he threw it away, it fell at the feet of people on the ground]: 98-99; Nippold 1963 [people stopped listening to the instructions of the creator of Puluga, he sent a flood; two men and two women who were in boats at that time escaped; P. created the animals again after the flood; all the fire went out; the deceased in the form of a bird flew to the sky, grabbed a burning branch, but dropped it on P.; he threw it at a bird, a branch fell from heaven to earth, people got fire]: 123; tetum: Pascoal 1967 [the sky was close to the ground; Dau-Bérek, sister of six brothers, went there for fire; once she was late giving birth; impatiently, Brother Bato-Bere cut off the stairs, the sky moved away from the ground, the woman remained in the sky; (in the whole publication, instead of "sky", there is always "sun", but it's about the upper world, not the star); the brothers got fire by friction, seeing a drone rubbing against bamboo]: 116; Vroklage 1962:129 [Wehali; the old woman went to heaven for fire, she was gone for a long time; her husband hit the ladder to call her; the stairs fell, the sky moved away], 130 [1) Lassiolat; the old woman climbed ivy into heaven for fire; when God saw her, she made her young; she went down, but her son did not recognize her, cut her off in anger ivy; God moved the sky away from the ground, people began to die forever; 2) Lidak; the old woman went to heaven for fire; looked at children who played not with kaleik fruits, as on earth, but with gold; at this time her his own children were starving on earth; the husband, in anger, cut off the ivy that connected heaven and earth].

China - Korea. Chinese (Henan, Wu. Shangqiu) [Emperor Suiren lived in the forest; people did not know how to cultivate the land, they only hunted; without fire if the meat was raw; after a fire in the mountains, S. picked up charred animal carcasses, tried and distributed roasted meat to others; it soon ended; one day a big bird descended from the sky, descended in front of S. and said that there was fire in the Sun Palace and she could take it there; S. saddled the bird , flew to the Sun Palace; the sun princess presented a jewel that gives fire; S. began to reap on earth, but the fire from the stone did not appear; S. became angry, threw a stone on a boulder, sparks flew; S. realized that it was necessary to get fire by hitting ordinary people with a magic stone; since then, people have begun to cook on fire]: Zhou 2001b, No. 18:27; Chinese (Sichuan, wu. Ba, Guangyang City; Western 1988; 39-year-old peasant, primary education) [there was a man nicknamed the "Fireman" (note: according to legend, he invented a method of extracting fire by drilling wood and taught people how to fry food); he went hunting in the mountains every day; one day a flash flashed, there was a loud "crak" sound, and fire began on a pile of boulders in front of the mountain; man: is the god of thunder really there Did you start a fire? He immediately flew to the god of thunder, grabbed him, and demanded fire from him; God did not agree, they went to the Jade Emperor to judge them; he decided in favor of man, called people to bring them Prince of the Fire Dragon; at first he did not want to give fire, but eventually gave the man one dragon mustache; the Jade Emperor: "A dragon's mustache cannot cause fire by itself, we must contact the prince To the Fire Dragon to explain what to do"; he gave a spell to summon fire, but did not give a spell to extinguish the fire; the whole mountain turned into Flaming Mountain; the fire reached Xuanzang, when he was on a pilgrimage to India, and the Monkey King took a palm leaf and extinguished it]: Zhou Yang et al. 1998b: 58.

The Balkans. Ancient Greece [Prometheus cut the bull's carcass; put meat and giblets wrapped in leather and covered in a bovine's stomach on one side, white bones covered with fat on the other; suggested Zeus make a choice; Zeus chose fat, then saw bones under it and became angry; since then, people have only burned bones on altars for the gods; after Zeus decided not to give people fire for anything, Prometheus stole it, "hiding it in the narfex with a floor"; when Zeus saw people's fire, he became angry and ordered Hephaestus and Athena to create "the likeness of a shy virgin" {Pandora, whose name is not directly mentioned in Theogony }; this maiden is descended from women living on earth; Zeus chained Prometheus to the "middle column" and sent an eagle to him; he ate Prometheus's liver every day, it grew again overnight; later Hercules killed this eagle and freed Prometheus]: Hes. Theog. 521-616; [the tragedy "Prometheus Chained", attributed to Aeschylus and staged no later than 430 BC: Prometheus steals fire from the gods, gives it to people; Hephaestus, by order of Zeus, chains Prometheus to the rock; Hermes warns Prometheus that an eagle will fly to him every day to peck out his liver]: Aesch. Prom.; ["Argonautics" by Apollonius of Rhodes (first half of the 3rd century BC): "Pontus's gyrus was floating in the distance, /And the high steeps of the Caucasus Mountains gradually began to grow. There, Prometheus was screwed to the indestructible cliffs/Copper ties, and he fed a large bird with his own /Cookie. The eagle flew incessantly. /In the evening, the heroes suddenly saw the eagle in fear. /It flew high above the ship to the clouds. But still /The sail began to swing with the wind of its wide wings./The bird looks so different from the eagle of heaven, /It waves its wings quickly, like oars. /Prometheus's loud moan was then heard by the heroes; /The eagle devoured the liver, pulling out pieces. Scream/The whole Ether shuddered. And soon the eagle returned /In the same way, and they saw the bloodbird again" (trans. N.A. Chistyakova)]: Apoll. Rhod. II. 1238-1251; ["This flower grew because it fell to the ground/Drops of the divine blood of that Prometheus the sufferer, /whose body was torn to pieces by a raw eagle. /A flower grows to the elbow along the slopes Caucasian, /Corician saffron similar in color brightness" (trans. N.A. Chistyakova)]: Apoll. Rhod. III. 846-850; ["Historical Library" by Diodorus of Sicily (1st century BC): "Zeus, who gave fire to people, chained and sent an eagle to devour his liver. Hercules, seeing that Prometheus was punished for his blessings to people, killed the eagle with an arrow and, convincing Zeus to calm his anger, saved the benefactor of all mankind" (trans. O.P. Tsybenko)]: Diod. Sic. IV. 15. 2; ["Prometheus mixed the earth with water and sculpted people and gave them fire secretly from Zeus, hiding it in a hollow reed stalk. When Zeus found out about this, he ordered Hephaestus to nail Prometheus's body to the Caucasus Range. This ridge is located in Scythia. There, chained to a rock, Prometheus had been bound for many years, and every day the eagle arrived and pecked out his liver blades, which grew back overnight. Prometheus suffered this punishment for stealing fire until Hercules later released it, as we will discuss in the chapter on Hercules" (trans. V.G. Borukhovich)]: Apollod. Bibl. I. 7.1; [Hercules "in the Caucasus shot an eagle pecking Prometheus's liver with a bow: this eagle was the product of Echidna and Typhon. Hercules freed Prometheus, laid an olive wreath instead of his shackles removed, and provided Zeus with Chiron, who agreed to become mortal instead of Prometheus" (trans. V.G. Borukhovich)]: Apollod. Bibl. II. 5. 11; [Myths attributed to Guy Julius Gigin, who lived at the turn of the eras, but most likely date back to the 1st and 2nd centuries: "Nereid Thetis was predicted that her son would be stronger than his father. No one but Prometheus knew this, and Jupiter wanted to lie down with her, and Prometheus promised Jupiter that he would warn him if he freed him from his shackles. He promised, and Prometheus advised him not to join Thetis, lest the strongest be born and overthrow Jupiter from the kingdom as he did to Saturn himself. Then Thetis was married to Peleus, the son of Eak, and Hercules was sent to kill the eagle that tormented Prometheus's heart, and when the eagle was killed, Prometheus <каüни> was released thirty thousand years later from Caucasus Mountains" (per. D.O. Torshilova)]: Hyg. Fab. 54; ["People used to ask for fire from immortals and did not know how to keep it for long. Then Prometheus brought it to the ground in a fennel stalk and showed people how to preserve it by covering it with ash. For this, Mercury, on Jupiter's orders, chained him with iron nails to a cliff on Mount Caucasus and put an eagle to him, which ate his heart - as much as he ate during the day, grew so much at night. This eagle was killed by Hercules thirty thousand years later and Prometheus released" (trans. D.O. Torshilova)]: Hyg. Fab. 144.

Caucasus - Asia Minor. Avars (Machada village) [if you stand on the edge of a certain rock, look at the gorge, and then look at the sky, you can see a rider with a sword in his hand, on whose blade fire burns; he rushes across the sky to silver robe on a white horse with golden hooves; this rider has obtained fire for people and continues to protect them from evil forces with his fiery sword]: Khalidova 1989:154; Megrels [God Amirani: if you break the pin, you will be a winner; A. could not break; left, saw shepherds freezing in the snow; asked God for fire; he replied that fire was not for everyone; then A. took away God's fire; for this one tied him to an icy mountain]: Fähnrich 1997:84-85; Georgians (Gori) [a shepherd finds a cave where Amiran is chained; he says he stole fire for people from heaven; an old man came with him to fight, he lost consciousness, woke up chained; every seven years, an angel brings him food and water, opens the cave wall; the shepherd ran to bring chains and ropes so that A. could pull up the lying a sword at a distance; a group of hunters detained him; when the shepherd reached the cave, the entrance to it was closed]: Stamboliev 1896, No. 13:91-95; Ingush [nart Pharmat stole fire from the hearth of the thunderstorm god Sela, brought it to people; for this S. ordered the one-eyed man to already chain P. with bronze chains to the top of Kazbek; every day the bird Ida arrives and bites his liver]: Tankiev 1997:45.

Baltoscandia. The Finns [lies claiming that the fire was cut by Väinämöinen; the fire came down from the sky, he was an offspring of the sun, was near the moon, on the shoulder of the Ursa Major, in God's beard, descended to earth through red clouds]: Abercromby 1893, № 42f: 34-35; Lithuanians (Samogites) [Perkunas got angry with his unfaithful wife, threw fire snakes furiously, but missed, and since then people on earth have fire]: Veckenstedt 1883:131.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. The Buryats (Alar) [people did not have fire, were starving and freezing; the Swallow stole fire for them from Tengri (Sky); he shot her, but only pulled the feathers out of the middle of the tail; the swallow cannot be killed; Alternatively, fire from lightning sent by Heaven]: Sandschejew 1928:970; (cf. The Mongols [the inhabitants of the sky owned the fire; sent the Swallow, she grabbed the fire from the hearth, the hostess managed to hit her tail with coal tongs, the tail remained forked, the Swallow brought fire to Earth; residents of the Lower World sent a moth to earth for fire; he pinched off blue fire from smoldering coals, since then the inhabitants of the Lower World have blue fire; {based on the materials of the Russian State University for the Humanities expedition under under the leadership of S.Yu. Neklyudov, the Mongols do not have this story and have no idea about the "inhabitants of the sky"; perhaps the recording was made in Mongolia, but not among the Mongols}]: Skorodumova 2003:34-35).

Amur - Sakhalin. The Manchus (Liaoning) [in ancient times people did not know how to use fire, ate raw meat and drank animal blood, dressed in skins, and escaped the cold in caves in winter; they heard that in the sky there was true fire, but they could not reach it, and when they met a forest fire, they did not dare to approach; every year in the middle of autumn, Vladyka Abukai, led eight heavenly armies, descended to earth to inspect , brought fireseeds and gave people the opportunity to have fun for one day; on this day, the heavenly fire illuminated the earth, people lit torches, cooked food on the fire and were very happy; returning to heaven, A. took fireseeds with him, saying that people do not know how to handle fire and could endanger the whole world; one day on A.'s visit, a boy Toa was born; grew up smart and brave, owned martial arts, was a great archery; A. called him to heaven to manage the warehouse of heavenly fire; Toa dreamed of sharing fire with his relatives, for this purpose he studied methods of handling it and methods cooking; one day Toa was supposed to accompany A. to the ground, decided to take a fireseed pumpkin with him and stay among people to teach them how to use fire; after the holiday, everything the deities went to heaven after A., but Toa hid at the top of an elm tree and descended only after they were all gone; gave people fire seeds; at this time there was a mouse on earth that dreamed go up to heaven; when she saw that Toa had stolen fireseeds, she climbed the mountain and shouted three times: "Lord Abukai! Toa stole your heavenly fire and gave it to people!" A. sent his henchmen to check her words; sent a heavenly army to confiscate all the fireseeds; Toa was taken to heaven and tied upside down to the top of the celestial tree; a mouse in gratitude appointed head of the celestial fire warehouse; the people asked A. to release Toa; at this time, a couple of forty, white and black, flew in from the south; they promised to find Toa; nine days and nine nights later they reached heaven, They could not find the Toa; they flew south of the southern sky, but were tired and stopped to rest on the branches of the magic tree, where Toa was found; he asked for the red fruits of the tree growing in the south; when A . created people, he put such a red fruit in everyone's stomach, and then they came to life; people's hearts are the very red fruits; if you eat one, you will live a long time and get rid of adversity; When they flew up to the tree, the magpies saw two golden eagles guarding it; one of them hid in a crevice, the other flew to the tree for fruit; when the golden eagles chased the white eagles, the black one stole the fruit, rushed to north; the golden eagles caught up with the white magpie, killed her and returned to their tree; the black one bore the red fruits of Toa, he ate them and immediately freed himself; when he learned that one of the forty had sacrificed her life for it, he became to mourn her as a person and promised to make sacrifices to her; this is how a close connection between people and magpies appeared; after eating the fruits, Toa was able to become invisible and fly; with the black magpie flew to the warehouse of heavenly fire and while the mouse was sleeping, stole the pumpkin of heavenly fire again and returned to the people; to prevent A. from knowing it, they used fire only in caves; guarding the fire the mouse found that one gorlyanka pumpkin with fire was missing, reported A.; angry, he gave her 9 days to find the loss; the mouse went to the ground, but could not find the fire; wanted to look into the cave, but was afraid that she would be killed there, so she pretended to freeze and asked the people sitting in the cave to warm it up; Toa took pity and let her warm up to the fire; the next day she went to heaven; A. became angry; the golden eagles reported that the magpie stole the red fruit and brought it to Toa; A. ordered that all the fire from the cave be returned to heaven, and Toa was thrown into the Huerhan River and covered with melted ones in the heavenly fire with stones; people lost fire for the second time and Toa; the black magpie went to look for Toa; one day she sat on an old willow by the Huerhan River and met a crucian carp; he said that Toa was hidden under a stone dome in the NW corner; the raven found a stone dome and heard water splashing inside; called Toa, who responded; said that in order to be released he needed an iron bull guarding the Tianqiaolin (Sky Bridge) rib; he He could pierce anything with his horns; agreed to help, punched a hole in the dome, Toa went outside, the bull offered to take him to heaven so he could talk to A.; if he didn't listen, the bull he would pierce the sky with horns; A. was afraid of the bull, agreed to forgive Toa and leave him in the sky to crush stones to build a heavenly palace, but forbid him to take heavenly fire from now on; Toa became everyone a day to crush stones, and soon noticed that some white stones could be drilled and put anything inside; decided that these stones could be placed heavenly fire and thrown down, and then people will be able to get the fire out of there; he stole a gorlyanka pumpkin with heavenly fire again, and every day, crushing stones, he found one white one and hid some fire inside; at which time A. told Toa to send the stones people to build a marching palace, who sent them stones filled with fire and told them that there was fire inside them; people realized that if they took a white stone and hit them hard on another, sparks would fall; so people began to use fire again; Toa returned the empty pumpkin to the heavenly fire warehouse, the mouse did not notice the loss; A. saw that people were using fire, but did not understand where they came from They take sparks; over time, he noticed that people used fire well and left them alone; and Toa is still doing hard labor in the sky]: Chen, Wang 1989 (31): 67-73.

Subarctic. Summer was stolen from the Bears. Slevy; Chipewayan; Yellowknife.

NW coast. Bellacula [A deer comes to the house of the supreme deity of the Sun to dance in heaven; carries burning branches on its horns, brings fire to the world]: McIlwraith 1948 (1): 303.

The coast is the Plateau. Fire. Skagit; snohomish; snookually; quinolt; quileout; Puget Sound; catlamet; sunpual; okanagon; klikitat; yakima ; ne perse; tolova [all people and animals die from the flood, only men and women escape to the mountain; the souls of their dead children become animals and insects; fire is owned by people on the moon; Spiders climb to the sky on a light ball with a rope tied to it; moonpeople also call to play; the snake grabs fire, descends a rope to the ground, puts fire in rocks and trees]: Powell 1877 : 70-71 (=Judson 1994:68-69).

Northeast. Wyandot [summer].

California. Yurok: Kroeber 1976, No. D1x [people ate tar instead of acorns, alder bark instead of salmon; there was no river; constant night, no fire, food was cooked in their armpits; Earthquake, Thunder, sandpiper bird, The ant was just playing shinney; the dwarf found out that the sky was light; Wohpekumeu turns into a woman, comes to the owners of the fire; carries baskets with day and fire; birds and animals carry baskets in baton; The frog is given last; it puts them in its mouth, dives; the pursuers go; it spits fire into the willows (fire drill material)], Z1 [there was no fire, people cooked by warming their food with their bodies; acorns were made of resin; one person saw that the Sun in the sky owned fire, but the Sun refused to give it away; the Raven grabs, passes the baton to other animal people; the turtle was the last to dive, put fire in willow roots]: 237-242, 441-442.

(Wed. Southern Venezuela. Makiritare [Fürümene, sister of Uanadi, descended from the sky in the form of a bird, brought with her a special oil - the beginning of the fire; she was shot, fell into the river, died; of the two in The twins Iuréke and Shikiémona were born to her eggs; they took the fire from the Toad; I. also found the remains of magic meat in the river]: Civrieux 1960:119).

Guiana. Oyana [a group of dancers descended from the heavenly village, including Bely, covered with boils; they left at dawn, Bely stayed, recovered, did not communicate with people; the rain flooded the earth with a flood, White took the boy and girl to the mountain; then the children boarded the boat, and Bely returned to heaven; after the flood, he told them to build a house; the children grew up; the young man comes to Bely in heaven; meat and cassava are baked there on a rock in the sun; the sister also comes, finds a house whose pillars are cassava cuttings; White shows cassava making utensils, instead of a juice push-up bag, an anaconda, manaret - a wasp swarm; a piece of wood is a ball of snakes; then the objects look normal, a piece of wood fired; White sends brother and sister to the ground, giving cassava, yams, bananas, etc.; a piece of wood burns itself ( the origin of fire); men and women come out of the two halves of the calebasa; brother and sister attach the feathers of the macaw parrot to their shoulders, fly forever to heaven to White; all three are seen as constellations; White - Atacassi, boy - Mopére, girl - Quélépo]: Coudreau 1893:549-552

Montagna - Jurua. Characterbet [fire owner Apakoro lives in the sky; Woodpecker comes to his house, puts hot coals on his head, runs away; builds higher mountains in the path of the pursuer; A. stops chasing; Woodpecker puts fire in trees that serve to produce fire by friction]: Calífano 1995, No. 25:187.

Eastern Brazil. Kayapo [(Lukesh 1968:131-132); people baked meat in the sun, tortillas between two sun-heated stones; Bebgoroti went down to the ground, went to relatives in the village, brought fire, two grow a piece of wood (fire drill), seeds of cultivated plants; returned to heaven; liked roasted meat only the third time, and women even later]: Wilbert 1978, No. 65:190.