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A192.1.2.0§,

God killed by man (9:22)

A721,+

Sun kept in yupik ball [van 1999]

A760,+

Stolen stars restored to sky [van 1999]

A814.11§,

Raven as culture hero [van 1999]

A829§,

Culture hero (raven) creates world by defecating [van 1999]

A969.10§,

Creation of local, geographical features from obstacles thrown behind Culture Hero to evade pursuit [van 1999]

A1141.1,+

Light kept in box [van 1999]

A1147.0§,

Origin of bad weather [van 1999]

A1149.1§,

Origin of good weather [van 1999]

A1245.5§,

Culture hero's wife creates men from long, river stones [van 1999]

A1252,+

People created from wood chips [van 1999]

A1435,+

Creation of first yaranga (dwelling) [van 1999]

A1439.5§,

Origin of stone hitching posts [van 1999]

A1439.5§,

Origin of tundra tethering post [note: A1439.5§, in MacDonald (1982) is A1436.1,+] [van 1999]

A1439.6§,

Origin of metal utensils [van 1999]

A1482,+

Language originally learned from shore birds [van 1999]

A1610.4.1§,

Origin of tribes from sap of trees (1:6)

A1653.1.1§,

Origin of chiefs (12:11)

A2034,+

Mosquito created from ball of clay [van 1999]

A2034,+

Sparks of burning cannibal woman become mosquitoes [van 1999]

A2140.4§,

Woman (sorcerer) cleans storm from sky [van 1999]

A2140.4.1§,

Woman (sorcerer) cleans sky with skin-scraper [van 1999]

B16.2.6.1§,

Man-eating mammoth (12:11)

B16.2.6.1.1§,

Man-eating mammoth killed (12:11)

B33,+

Man-eating birds (cannibal eagles) [van 1999]

B80.1.1§,

Seal with man’s (God’s) face (9:22)

B174§,

Magic sea mammal [van 1999]

B603.0§,

Whale abducts person (girl) [van 1999]

B603.0.1§,

Bone (of whale) abducts girl [van 1999]

D114,+

Transformation: man (woman) to ungulate (mountain sheep) [van 1999]

D127.1.1§,

Transformation: God to seal (9:22)

D161.3.1§,

Transformation: pieces of cut up person into ducks [van 1999]

[D327.3§,

Transformation: fur seal to person]¹

[D327.4§,

Transformation: sealion to person]

D327.5§,

Transformation: walrus to person (woman) [van 1999]

D412.8§,

Transformation: reindeer into gulls [van 1999]

D431.7.1§,

Transformation: reed to soldier (1:3)

D437.1.1§,

Transformation: skeleton to girl (young woman) [van 1999]

D452.1.2.1§,

Transformation: stone into tall cliff [van 1999]

D442.2,+

Transformation: dirt to animal (reindeer) [van 1999]

D452.4,+

Transformation: dirt to object (yaranga) [van 1999]

D457.1.1§,

Transformation: blood to river [van 1999]

D457.13.1§,

Transformation: human excrement to object [van 1999]

D476.0.1§,

Meat of God only half cooked (9:22)

D476.3.0§,

Meat will not cook (9:22)

D992.4.1§,

Skull's mouth opens and shuts by magic [van 1999]

D1029.2.4§,

Ravine made by mouse's tail [magic mouse tail] [van 1999]

D1162.1.1§,

Magic lamp of beads [van 1999]

D1531,+

Magic object gives power of flying [van 1999]

D1610,+

Speaking lamp [van 1999]

D1648.1.3§,

Tree bows down to ogre [van 1999]

D1658.1.5.3§,

Tree grateful for not being cut; rewards old man (3:11)

D1700,+

Black magic witch [magic powers] [van 1999]

D1719.12§,

Unaccountable human flight [van 1999]

D1767§,

Magic results produced by spiritual ceremony (shamanistic) [van 1999]

D1767.1§,

Shaman makes objects (bullets) appear by magic [van 1999]

D1967.7§,

Sleep comes suddenly; from touch of unseen being [van 1999]

D2037§,

Exit barred by magic [van 1999]

D2037.1§,

Door locked by magic [van 1999]

D2122.6§,

Return journey of great distance in only one day (9:22)

D2143.2.3§,

Drought produced by magic (2:12)

D2144.5.1.1§,

Yaranga (dwelling) filled with water and ice by magic [van 1999]

D2159§,

Magic control of objects - miscellaneous [van 1999]

D2159.1§,

Garment moves (dances) by magic [van 1999]

D2159.2§,

Magic control of objects; object (cutting board) flies by magic [van 1999]

E1,+

Dead (woman) has ability to resume life [van 1999]

E246.1§,

Unappeased spirit causes hunter's death (by drowning) [van 1999]

E294§,

Ghost responsible for drought (2:12)

E431.5.1§,

Feet of dead body cut off to prevent ghost from walking (2:12)

E431.6.1§,

Sharpening-stone placed on corpse's chest, to prevent its waking [van 1999]

E431.9.3§,

Coffin cast in river to prevent return of corpse (2:12)

E440.0§,

Walking ghost laid by exhumation (2:12)

E440.0.1§,

Walking ghost laid by exhumation and removal from cemetery (2:12)

E443.10§,

Ghost (of murdered holy man) demands atonement and reburial; laid (11:44)

E459.8§,

Walking ghost laid by exhumation and removal from graveyard, mutilation of body, and disposal of body in coffin (2:12)

F164.1§,

Otherworld dwelling of dead ancestor [van 1999]

F403.2.0§,

Invisible helper (gives advice) [van 1999]

F405,+

Means of combating spirits [van 1999]

F552.5§,

Hands become sharp as knives [remarkable hands] [van 1999]

F661,+

Skillful marksman (thrown knife cuts off hands) [van 1999]

F699.2§,

Evil woman, with hands cut off, throws knife with teeth [van 1999]

F699.2.1§,

Man decapitates evil woman by throwing knife with teeth [van 1999]

F771.6.!§,

Disappearance of evil dwelling (yaranga) at dawn [van 1999]

F861.2.1.1§,

Flying sled [van 1999]

F979,+

Supernatural growth of forbidden plant [van 1999]

G312,+

Cannibal ogres [van 1999]

G230.0§,

Evil dwelling [van 1999]

G303.16.14.2.2§,

Evil spirits warded off by burning sweet grasses [van 1999]

G522.2§,

Giant drinks river dry, then transforms into teapots, cups, plates, buckets and other metal objects [van 1999]

G581.1§,

Ogre chased away by contents of chamber pot [van 1999]

H1543.1§,

Diving contest results in winner’s death (11:14)

J1791.6,+

Man chases woman's reflection in (lake) water [van 1999]

L460,+

Pride brought low (boasting moose hunter killed by bear) [van 1999]

N211.4§,

Shaman makes lost object return by magic [van 1999]

N338.1.1§,

Girl, swaps place with lover in bed, accidentally decapitated by mother [van 1999]

Q205§,

Retribution in kind [van 1999]

Q205.1§,

"eye for an eye" (death occurs as balance of death caused) [van 1999]

Q456.0.4§,

Burial alive as punishment for false testimony (leading to murder) (11:44)

S119§,

Murder by stoning (9:22)

T563,+

Birthmark [van 1999]

U263§,

Perception of time altered [van 1999]

V17,+

Food offered to spirits to appease them [purpose of sacrifice] [van 1999]

X916.5§,

Person with remarkable hair (6:11)

X916.5.1§,

Logger (faller) caught by his eyebrows (6:11)