H37A. Jumping over wood, he lights a fire .44.45.

The character gives the other the ability to easily light a fire. He uses it unnecessarily, loses it.

Warm Cree [Visakacich], Western Marsh Cree [Wolverine], Eastern Marsh Cree [Wolverine], Mikmak [Wolverine], Malesit [Wolverine].

The Midwest. Wolves give Visakačić the power to light a fire by jumping over wood. The Steppe Cree [Vasakacich comes to the Wolves; says they stink, they ask again, he says they have warm fur coats; Wolves jump over brushwood, so kindling a fire; they gnaw bones getting fat from them; at this time no one should look at the gnawing; V. looks, the bone flies into his eye; the elder Wolf gives V. the power to light the fire twice by jumping over it; V. does it needlessly; When it really freezes, the fire doesn't light up anymore]: Dusenberry 1962, No. 6:242-244; Western Marsh Cree (Stone Cree) [The wolf has the ability to light firewood by jumping over them; gives this Wolverine's ability not to use it idle; he sets fire to the dry land every now and then, supposedly cold; Wolves take away their gift from Wolverine; seeing that all animals have their own lights, Wolverine suggests giving up fire altogether - people will appear, they will easily find animals by fire and kill them; animals agree]: Brightman 1989:133-134; Eastern Swamp Cree (Albany) [Big Skunk chases all animals; they are hungry; only Beaver has a large supply of food; the Beaver blows the wind trying to lift his bag of food; the Otter laughs, the offended Beaver does not give food; if the animals then received it, they like beavers, they would eat grass and bark; the Skunk continues to chase; the old otter (not the one who laughed) pretends to be dead; the Skunk feels him, takes his anus for a bullet wound, decides to pick up the carcass later ; Wolverine grabs Skunk by the anus without letting him shoot; Otter pierces him like a spear with his tail; before death, Skunk manages to pour his liquid on Wolverine's face; he is going to wash in the lake, his they ask not to do this, because the water will become salty; he goes to the sea, bumping into trees and asking for their names (Black Fir, Larch, White Fir; the penultimate is a stump on the shore, then ice; Wolverine he washes, the sea becomes salty; Wolverine sings, the Wolves hear it, he hides in a tree, but then goes down; they light a fire by jumping over a mountain of brushwood; they tell Wolverine to close her eyes when they are gnaw the bones, otherwise the bone will bounce; Wolverine closes his eyes, Wolves hit him with a bone, says he was peeking; Wolverine repeats the same trick on his part, kills one of the Wolves; Wolves give him the power to light a fire by jumping over brushwood is told to do so only after hunting; he does it in the middle of the day; throws out flint; at night he cannot light a fire; he meets Wolves again; they make a club out Frozen elk stomach, Wolverine and his family are killed]: Skinner 1911:96-100; (cf. Ojibwa [Fischer 1946:245 includes Ojibwa among the Algonquin traditions that know the Lighting fire by jumping over wood motif, but without citing the source {must search}]).

Northeast. Wolverine gets an item that can be used to light a fire; immediately wasts it and dies from the cold. Mikmak [Chief Wolves gives an amulet]: Leland 1968:170-173; malesite [The bear gives a piece of bark, jumps on it, the bark lights up; on the way home, Wolverine jumps on the bark until it loses all strength; Wolverine's younger brother Rakun finds his frozen corpse, wakes him up, Wolverine comes to life]: Mechling 1914, No. 20:82-83.