C6J. The extraction of the earth in connection with the creation of man. .21.23.28.32.34.-.36.

In the same narrative, the story of the creation of man and the attempt to prevent it follows immediately after the story of the extraction of earth from the bottom of the sea or from the lower world.

Kachari, Oraons, Birkhor, Mundari, Santals, Ukrainians (Hutsuls, Galicia), Chuvash, Chulym Turks, Teleuts, Shors, Khakass, Baikal Buryats, Khalkha Mongols, Nenets (Yamal, Taimyr), Mansi, Eastern Khanty (Yugan, Vakh), Western Evenki (Kiren), Baikal Evenks (north of Transbaikalia), Evens.

Tibet - North-East of India. Kachari [at first water everywhere; Alow Ilaja makes crabs dive to the bottom; they scrape the mud together until a mountain of earth appears above the water; having created the earth, AI creates a man and a woman; their bodies he made before nightfall, went to rest before he had time to put breath into them; in the meantime his five brothers found the figures, divided them into parts and hid the parts in different places in the forest; the same thing was repeated the next day; on the third day AI created two dogs, leaving them to guard the figures; when the brothers arrived, the dogs drove them away; this man and woman became the progenitors of mankind]: Soppitt 1885: 32.

South Asia. Oraons [on the advice of Old Mother, Dharmes created the Kingfisher, who dived into the ocean, brought the seed of earth from the nether world; from this D. made the earth; Sit'a advised making clay figures of men, but D.'s horse trampled them, fearing that man would harness her; S. advised making dogs to drive away the horse; soon men populated the earth]: Koonathan 1999: 144 in Osada 2010; birhor [at first water everywhere, lotus on the water, the great spirit Sing-bonga came to the surface through the core of the stem, told the Tortoise to bring clay from the bottom; Tortoise: where shall I leave the house? S.: take it with you (it is its shell); the water washed the clay from the tortoise's shell; Crab also could not bring it; Leech got it by swallowing the clay; S. squeezed the clay out of it, threw it in four directions, creating dry land; the earth was wet and uneven, S. began to level it, but in some places mountains remained; he threw seeds, forests arose; then S. created a winged horse, and then he made a figure of a man and left it to dry; the horse came and trampled it, fearing that the man would harness it; then S. made a dog and a new figure of a man; when at night the horse came again to trample the man, the dog drove it away with its barking; the figure dried up and S. revived it, but the joints did not bend; S. took the life and made a new man with bendable joints]: Roy 1925: 398-402; Mundari: Roy 1916: 201-214 in Osada 2010 [the earth is covered with water, there are no stars in the sky; the Old One created water animals; told the Crab to bring earth from under the water; he dived to the bottom, but as he rose, the earth was washed out of his claws; the same with the Turtle (the earth was washed away from the surface of the shell; the Earthworm swallows the earth, floats up, burps it into the Old Man's palm; he makes the earth big, creates dry land and everything on it; molds a human figure out of clay; before he could put his soul into it, the Horse came and trampled the figure; the Old Man tried again and this time the Tiger drove the Horse away, not letting it get close to the figure; the Old Man cursed the Horse, people will put iron in its mouth, sit on it, beat it on the rump; rewarded the Tiger by making it strong, everyone will fear it]; van Exem 1982: 24-29 in Osada 2010 [{apparently Mundari, since it coincides with the previous text}; at first only water, Haram first created water creatures; ordered the Crab to bring earth from the bottom; he took the earth in claws, but while he was rising, the water washed it away; H. sent a Turtle, it put some earth on its shell, the water washed it away; sent a Worm; it swallowed some earth, regurgitated it (disgorged) into H.'s hand; he enlarged it, created dry land, animals, plants on it; he molded a figure of a man out of clay; he didn't have time to revive it, when the Horse smashed it; H. tried again, and this time the Tiger drove the Horse away, not letting it get close to the figure; H. cursed the Horse, people will put iron in its mouth, sit on it, beat it on the rump; he rewarded the Tiger, making it strong, everyone will be afraid of it]; Osada 2010 [author's notes; text A: on the Ganges, on the sea we will create land, a field; for this they sent the mother Turtle and the mother Crab; the Turtle put some earth on its shell, the Crab took it with claws, but when they rose, the water washed away the earth; they sent the Worm Mother, the Leech Mother, they drank the earth, they vomited it, they urinated, the earth arose; to decorate the earth they created stone and wood; they made a figure of a man out of clay, they left it to dry in the sun; for beauty they made a winged horse; the winged horse came from the east, it came from the west, they trampled the figure; they made a male dog named Chaura, a female dog Baura, they set them to guard; they drove away the winged horse that came from the east, they drove away the one that came from the west; text B is almost identical] ; Santals: Abbi 2015 [in the beginning only darkness; a voice from the darkness: is there anyone? answered another, one of the voices female; then another; Thakur Jiv (TJ), Thakuraiin Gogo, Saru, Baru, Jiva and Jangar were created, all of them were waiting for the light to appear; Thakuraiin Gogo (TG) created Siny Chando and then it became light; but now everyone began to wait for the darkness; TG created Yinda Chando and the darkness returned, darkness and light began to alternate; Siny means 'day' and Yinda means 'light'; in the hands of TJ the others saw a clay vessel; he blew on it, the clay spread out in the water and the universe sank; this ocean is Jalaapuri; TG came to bathe in a place called Kolelavka (in the form of a boat); from the mud washed off her body she molded a human figure and left {two figures?}; The horse came to drink and trampled the figure; TG made a new one, but it turned out to be less perfect; she asked TJ to animate it; the figure came to life, but not in the form of a man, but of a pair of birds, Hans-Haansil (XX); this was because TG had made it in a hurry; XX began to ask TJ to give them shelter and food; he created a tree in the middle of the water and the birds began to live on it; the foam produced by the horse and the hair of TG that had fallen into the water gave birth to Saaraanpuri; TG and TJ came to live there; but some of the foam and hair remained in Jaalaapuri and moss appeared there, a plant and grass grew on it, XX made a nest in the grass; two figures hatched from the two eggs that were laid – the same as those TG had sculpted and the horse had trampled; seeing that the figures were not like them, the parent birds flew away; TJ created a cow and she began to feed everyone with milk; the created people were named Pilchu HaaRam and Pilchu BuRahii; TJ created Marang Buru and he began to look for someone who could bring earth from the bottom; (9 creatures are named, but only in Santali); Radho BovaR reached the bottom, took some clay in his mouth and put it on his back, but the water washed everything away; the same with the rest; only Kacchim Kuwari and Raaymaat Len om brought earth (from the bottom) and the dry land was created; TJ created a bull and sent it to the earth; with its help Marang Buru leveled the earth; the first two people were brought to the earth and they began to live there]; Shrestha 2019 [in the beginning, water, above it Thakur and his servant Jahereda; Malinburi lived under the water; T. told her to make two human figures; she molded them from clay, brought them to the bottom of the sea, laid them to dry in the sun; Sinsadom's horse flew in and smashed the figures with the flapping of his wings; M. made new figures and asked T. to revive them; T. sent her for souls, but M. brought not human souls, but bird souls; T. breathed life into them and they flew away to the sky; these are the first swans - Hansa and Hansini; they have nowhere to sit, there is water everywhere; they asked T. to make them a place to live; the fish Solehako, the cancer Katkom and the worm Lenden lived in the water; S. and K. could not lift the earth; L. began to throw grains of earth to the surface, but they sank to the bottom again; T. called the turtle Kachik, told it to lie motionless on the water; L. began to throw earth onto the turtle's shell, an island was formed; T. grew the Kadam tree and the grass Sirom there; Hansa and Hansini made a nest of grass; Hansinir laid two eggs,the beast Raghopabu ate them; T. sent his servant J. to guard the eggs; a boy and a girl hatched from them; the children grew up, T. created a cow and two calves for them; taught the youth to make a plough and plough the land, he took up agriculture; Maranburu (a large mountain) was the guardian of the youth and the girl; taught them to make an intoxicating drink; they drank and got together; M. told them not to worry, let them be husband and wife; they have 7 sons and 7 daughters; they quarreled and began to live in different places; the father took the sons with him, and the mother the daughters; the girls and boys met, began to live in pairs; their parents also reconciled and came to live with them; from the 7 brothers and sisters came 7 clans]: 567-570.

Central Europe. Ukrainians (Hutsuls) [in the beginning there was water everywhere; God walked on the water, Aley (Ilya) slept on the clouds; one place on the waters became covered with foam, God turned it into Aridnyk (Satan); told him to dive, he brought some clay from the bottom under his fingernail, God made the earth out of it; God lay down to rest; A. began to try to push him into the water, but as he pulled him to the edge, the earth became larger and larger; waking up, God threw A. into the water, it became covered with ice; A. broke the ice with his head, climbed out onto dry land again; after this God began to call him an enemy, not a friend; Aley woke up, saw the earth, pushed it in fear, valleys and mountains were formed; to prevent this from happening again, God chained his hand to a rock; with one hand he can only shake the clouds (thunder); only A. had the ability to create and only God could revive creations; therefore all creatures belonged to A., God had to steal them from him; their struggle ended with God throwing A. in prison; while they were fighting, a piece of God's skin was torn from his hand and fell to the ground; Adam arose from this; one day A. broke free from his chain, found A., spat on him and he became unclean; then God turned A. inside out, the uncleanness remained inside; when A. was sleeping, God put a willow branch next to him, Eve arose from it; she ate the fruit of the forbidden tree, became the cause of people's sinfulness; people multiplied; those who sinned became devils - A.'s assistants; the first people were small and long-bearded ("lectoborods"); after them the earth was populated by giants; they were evil, God destroyed them with a flood; only Noah and his family were saved; var.: a horn stuck out of the water, two clung to it and did not drown; since then people have become smaller and smaller, and will again become dwarfs]: Koenig 1936: 369-370; Ukrainians(Galicia, Kosiv district council, 1902) [everywhere there is only sea; in the sea there is noise, from the noise Herod arose; dew fell from the sky, from it – God; he knows the thoughts of Herod and people, and Herod knows the thoughts of people only when they speak; Herod offers to create dry land; God tells him to dive and get earth from the bottom in the name of God; he dives twice, but says that it is in his name; while he is rising, the earth slips through his fingers, washed away by water; the third time he says that it is in the name of God, but his, Herod’s, too; God fell asleep, Herod drags him to the edge of the dry land to drown him; but the dry land expands as he does so; God created Adam from clay; Herod spat on him; God turned him inside out; since then there is illness and weakness inside man; God created Eve from Adam’s rib; he ordered them not to commit fornication; they sinned and God drove them out; Adam made a hut without windows, began to carry light in handfuls; God cut out windows; Satan (aka Herod) rebelled, and God ordered the Archangel Michael to throw him and his servants out of heaven; they fell on rocks, forests, water, broke up, many ended up on the ground; God ordered Elijah to strike Satan's army with lightning; then he deprived him of the strength in one arm and leg; that is why during a thunderstorm Elijah fires at half strength; at the end of time he will strike with all his strength and the earth will crumble; Satan descended into hell, sits there chained to a chair; and Elijah, as soon as he sees the devil, strikes him with lightning]: Gnatyuk 1902 (2), No. 382: 217-220.

Volga - Perm. Chuvash [Tura makes the land flat, it grows; Shuittan spits out the silt hidden in his mouth, creates mountains, ravines, or causes a storm in the ocean before the earth has had time to harden; so that Sh. would spit out the silt, T. hits him, evil spirits emerge from the splashes of blood; T. begs for land, agrees to a patch of ground to lean on with his staff, makes a hole in the ground, falls into the lower world; diseases and reptiles come out of the hole; T. drives them back; Sh. clumsily imitates T.; T. makes apples, a cow, a sheep, Sh. - potatoes, a goat, a pig; predatory and harmful animals, reptiles, fish (throwing pebbles into the water); T. made a man, went for the soul, left a hairless dog to guard; Sh. brought cold, promised a dog a fur coat, spat on a man; T. turned a man inside out, ordered a dog to eat bones, and endure beatings]: Egorov 1995: 117-118.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Chulym Turks [water everywhere, a loon swims; God: what do you eat? - Earth. - Where is it? - Under water. - Get it, I will thank you. The loon brought earth three times, it turned out to be a flat cake, God lay down on it; the devil grabbed him by the leg and threw him into the water; God is on dry land, a lot of earth formed; the devil grabbed the sleeping God by the legs, pulled him into the water, and the earth expanded; he dragged until it became dry around; the devil asked for half the earth; God refused; well, at least to stick a stake in it; God allowed, the devil stuck the stake in and took it out, mosquitoes and midges came out of there; God plugged the hole; made a dog; made a man; he went for the soul, ordered the dog to guard the man; the devil asked to let him through: I will feed him and shower him with black wool; the dog let him through; the devil pierced the navel and spat there; God ordered the dog to serve the man; since then people have had diseases]: Lukina 2004, No. 5.1: 97-98; Teleuts [(founded by missionary Vas. Postnikov in the village of Myuta, the population of which was formed mainly from Bachat Teleut settlers - see Potanin 1883: 130, note 2; Funk 2004: 9); there was only water; Ulgen went down to create the earth; Erlik volunteered to dive, brought earth from the bottom in his mouth; U. made the earth, it was all sod; a little earth remained between E.'s teeth; he spat it out, a hummocky marshy place was formed; U. began to scold him; he begged to give him as much earth as the end of his stick took up; he fell into the place he begged for; The swallow brought turf in its beak; U. scattered it; made the forest and everything that is on the earth; created the body of man from earth, bones from stones; a dog without hair; went to look for a soul for man, left the dog as a guard; E. appeared, promised to give the dog wool and a soul to man; the dog ate E.'s excrement, grew hair; E. put a pipe in the man's rear end, blew, thereby reviving him; U. came, thought whether to exterminate people; the frog persuaded him to leave them as they were]: Potanin 1883, No. 46a: 218-220; Shors ("Kuznetsk aliens") [at first only water; God often spits in one place, the saliva forms a heap, the devil Aina crawls out of it , calls him a friend; God tells him to dive to get earth, to say, Help, Lord! A. does not say, the earth is washed off his hands twice, but at the bottom he eats it; for the third time he brought the earth, God dried it, scattered it, creating dry land; the earth in A.'s stomach began to grow; God cut, cleaned, cured A., went to bed; A. tried to turn the earth over, but only stretched it; begged to give a piece of earth at least the size of a crutch; fell down, and from the hole came reptiles and insects, thorny plants, mountains and swamps appeared; God strengthened the earth on three whales (ker-palyk); when they change places, earthquakes occur; God created man from clay, went for the soul, left the dog as a guard; the devil Ainagave a dog wool, for which it let him near a man, he spat in his mouth; that is why people have saliva and sputum in their mouths; God revived a man, ordered the dog to be his servant]: Shtygashev 1894: 1-8; Khakassians [at first there was a duck; having made another a comrade, she sent her to the bottom of the river for sand; she brings it three times and gives it to the first; the third time she left some of the sand in her mouth, this part became stones; the first duck scattered the sand, pounded it for nine days, the earth grew; the mountains grew after the messenger duck spat the stones out of her mouth; because of this, the first refuses to give her land; agrees to give land the size of a cane; the messenger pierces a hole in the ground, goes into it; the remaining one sends a swallow for the soul of a man, ordering the dog to watch and bark at Erlik Khan; E. created winter, gave a dog a fur coat, spat on a man; God poured out his soul on a man, made him a wife from a rib; ordered to eat red currants at sunrise, but not at sunset; the wife ate; a woman with a child and a mare with a foal eat grass, the woman climbed over seven hills, the mare over one; God decided that if people began to eat grass, they would eat it all; see motive D13]: Katanov 1963: 155-156; Baikal Buryats (Balagan, recorded by M.N. Khangalov): Gomboev 1890, No. 1b [= Khangalov 1960: 8-10; there was only water everywhere; Shibegeni-burkhan , Madari-burkhan and Esege-burkhan saw an angata bird, it was swimming with 12 children; they told her to dive, get black clay, red clay, sand (hara-shoro, ulaan-shoro, ilhe); she dived, got it; they scattered black earth, red clay and sand on the water, created the earth, grass and trees grew on it; after that they created man; a body from red clay, bones from stone, blood from water; they made a man and a woman, went to bed; whose candle will burn in the morning, in whose pot a flower will grow, he will revive people and become their patron; Shibegeni-burkhan woke up, saw that a candle was burning in front of Madari-burkhan , a flower in his pot; he replaced it, lay down again, was declared the winner; M.: now the people you revived will also steal and quarrel ; after that M. and E. ascended to heaven, and Sh. remained on the earth, revived the two people he had made; the Burkhans made them covered with wool, and the dog naked; Shibegeni-Burkhan ascended to heaven, left the dog to guard; Shitkhyr came, the dog began to bark, he tempted it, giving it wool and food, spat on the people, left; Shibegeni-Burkhan returned, cursed the dog, ordering it to gnaw bones, eat excrement; scraped the wool off the people, leaving it on the head, because the people kept their hands on their heads, so it was not spat on]: 65-66, 66-67, 67-69 (creation of dry land on p. 67); the Mongols (Khalkha) [(recorded by the missionary Vas. Postnikov); water everywhere,Ochurmany lived in the sky; decided to make the earth, looked for a comrade, found Chagan-Shukuty ; both went down to the water; the Frog noticed them and dived; O. sent ChSh to find her in the water; he got the Frog, put her belly up on the water; O. sat on her, told ChSh to dive, get the earth; he brought an armful of liquid earth from the bottom, said O., If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t get the earth ; the earth immediately fell out of his hands, fell into the water; O. told him to dive again, take the earth and carry it on his behalf; O. poured the earth he had brought onto the Frog, the earth began to grow, both sat on it, fell asleep; Shulmus grabbed them to throw them into the water, but the earth grew faster than he ran to its edge; he threw them; O. and ChSh made a man, went to look for a soul, left a dog as a guard; promised to find wool for the dog; the Devil gave it wool, fed it, lit the yarn, blew smoke into the man's nose, reviving him; O. and ChSh put a cup of water; whose side the flower grows on in the cup will rule the earth; Sh. asked for some land for himself, received as much as the end of his stick; he stuck it in the ground, worms, snakes, and reptiles crawled out; a flower grew on O.'s side, but he dozed off and ChSh put it on his edge; O. said that now both people and animals will steal and fight; went to heaven; he is a real god, and Ulgen is an invention of the kams (shamays)]: Potanin 1883, No. 46b: 220-223; the Mongols [there was water and air, Buddha Ochirvani in heaven; he decided to create the earth, found an assistant Tsagan Shukhert White Umbrella; ordered him to turn a turtle floating on the water over on its belly, dive, bring earth from the bottom, think about him (O.), he himself sat on the turtle; TsSh grabbed the earth, but felt as if something was in the way; he thought that O. should take the earth; immediately his hand filled with earth, TsSh floated up; he poured earth on the turtle's belly, earth appeared instead of the turtle; both celestials fell asleep; Shulmas approached the edge of the island to drown them, but as he ran to the edge, the earth expanded; O. and TsSh molded people, O. ordered TsSh to make a guard, he molded a dog, O. and TsSh went for intelligence for a man and wool for a dog; the Devil gave the dog wool, said that its owner - a man - would feed it; lit a thread in front of the man's nose, he came to life from the smoke; O. and TsSh argued about which of them should rule over living beings; they decided who would grow a flower in a cup of water first; O. did, but TsSh placed it in his cup; O. said that now people would deceive each other and flew away to heaven]: Skorodumova 2003: 35-37.

Western Siberia. Tundra Nenets : Lar 2001 (Yamal): 188-205 [ Num and Nga are the sons of the old woman Pukhutsa ; Nga asks for food, P. says that first let Num make the earth; orders to build a tent, where she will live underground with the old man Vesoko ( Iri-Vesoko ); Num orders Gagara to dive, she brings sand from the bottom first, then silt, the third time grass; Num molds the earth, throws it into the water; at first it is unstable; Num puts it on a whale, the earth trembles again; throws a stone of copper, iron and transparent stone onto the earth; the earth hardens; Num makes red earth for her mother, builds a tent; Nga wants the earth for herself, the brothers fight for a long time; they make peace; Num rolls a ball, throws it, the sun appears; Nga gets the moon; Num molds a naked man, he wants to eat; Nga makes hairy people, they fight, Num advises to send them underground; brothers fight, Num has to agree so that they both breathe life into man; it was warm, man and dog walked naked; Nga gave the dog a warm skin, for this it let him through to man, Nga spat on him, sent diseases; man began to hunt, dress in dog skin; Num ordered the dog to eat feces, to be a servant; taught man to shaman; went to heaven, gave Nga the underworld], 283-284 [Num made the first man in heaven; there is water below, he decided to create earth for man, turned him into a loon, ordered him to dive; the first time the loon brought sand in its beak, the second time silt, the third time - a piece of earth; Num molded the earth, threw it into the water, forgot to return the loon to human form; she cries, always throws one egg into the water for the master of water; cries for this child]; tundra Nenets (Yenisei) [water everywhere; Ermine asks Loon what to do; she dives, after seven weeks she brought out a pebble and a grain of earth in her mouth; Ermine told her to sleep, not to look; when she woke up, there was earth around, mountains on it, spirits of earth and sky; Master of sky; what to do? Master of earth: I will create man; molded man and woman from clay; Master of sky breathed soul into images; KhZ: How will people live without fire? He got iron from the earth, KhN got flint from the sky, they struck fire; KhN created domestic and wild reindeer]: Popov 1944: 85 (reprinted by Khomich 1976: 16-17); tundra Nenets (Taimyr) [loon and dog swam on water; the loon dived, on the third day brought a blade of grass from the bottom; at the request of the dog, continued to dive, collected an island, it grew; a man in iron gloves and buckles molded a man and a woman, went for souls, ordering the dog to guard the creation; a man with a black face came, revived the dolls, left; the first man returned, said that now people will get sick; people populated the earth, began to build a stepped house; the man in iron gloves and buckles hit with his mittens, people were scattered, they began to speak in different languages]: Nenjag 1997: 21-23;Mansi [=Kannisto 1951, no. 3: 10-12; zap. A. Kannisto in 1906 on the Pelym River; God pushed the Devil out, thinking it was in vain; the Devil returned, said that he knew that God had decided to create man, but there was no black earth; God offered him to get some earth; the Devil dived, brought black earth from the bottom to God in both hands, God drew a man and a woman on paper, molded them from earth, created people; the devil himself tries to make them too, but a lizard, then a beetle, a toad turn out; God left the Dog to guard the people he created, the devil brought frost, the dog began to freeze; the Devil began to cough, pulled the skin over the Dog because she let him near the people; smeared the people with snot and saliva; God turned the people inside out, told them now to blow their noses and cough; He ordered the dog to stay in the skin stretched out by the Devil]: Lukina 1990, no. 114a: 300; Eastern Khanty : Kulemzin, Lukina 1978, no. 9 (born Yugan; =Lukina 1990, no. 2: 63) [the Khanty do not kill the Lyuli sandpiper, because it got earth from the bottom on the third try; Kon-iki-pakh sent it to dive ]: 17; Shatilov 1931 (born Vakh) [there was water everywhere, the Loon flew over it, Torum swam on the water ; he ordered the Loon to dive, it brought silt in its beak; T. created the earth with mountains, rivers, vegetation, and animals from it]: 100; Southern Selkups [recorded by I.N. Gemueva, 1980, the informant practiced shamanism in his youth; “The earth was sinking first. God sent a loon, it got nothing. Gogol ( porya ) got sand. This is our earth. God sent a snake, then a bird, a hazel grouse. And before that – a hoofed hen. And the hazel grouse scared the hoofed hen. The hoofed hen started pecking at it, that’s why the hazel grouse has only a little white meat, the rest is black. And he sent people first. People fought, he sent a snake to drive them away. He sent dogs, like a naked man. She’s freezing – the devil came. – What happened? I freeze. The devil gave her skin. Now we’re sick – coughing. God sent – ​​made a man out of clay, sits like a man. And the devil spat – spat. This is what we are rooting for]: Baulo, Tuchkova 2016, No. 4, fragment 3.

Eastern Siberia. Western Evenks (Kirensky) [in the upper world there lived two brothers; the elder told a duck to dive to the bottom of Lake Baikal to get sand; the younger put a leaf on the sea and earth on it; the wind crumpled the leaf into folds, and mountains were formed; the younger made a dog and a man, covered him with a strong shell, told the Dog not to give the elder brother the keys to the barn where the man was; the elder promised to make a warm skin for the dog, received the key from it, tore off the shell from the man, leaving only on the nails; for this the younger deprived the dog of the gift of speech]: Pinegina, Konenkin 1952: 49-50; Baikal Evenks (northern Transbaikalia, 1951) [water all around; in the upper world two brothers are discussing how to make earth; the elder had a duck; the younger let it get sand from the bottom of Lake Baikal; the duck brought sand, the younger one put a leaf on the water and earth {sand} on top; the wind blew, the leaf crumpled, mountains appeared; the younger one made a dog and a man, covered the whole man with shell - he will be strong; put the man in one barn, the dog - in another; went to make rivers, told the dog not to give the keys to the older brother; he came, promises the dog a warm motley skin; she opened the barn; the older brother tore off the shell from the man, leaving only the nails on his fingers; the younger brother returned, punished the dog, depriving it of the ability to speak]: Pinegina 2019: 70-71; Evens [there was a fire on the earth, then it was flooded; the deer and people gathered on the high mountain also drowned when the mountain went under water; Mikola asked the loon to dive, she brought some clay in her beak; the clay slipped out of the beak, the devil stole it, M. spat at him, the devil fell underground; M. began to sing: let a river, a lake, a mountain appear; M.: let there be no mosquitoes; the devil: let the mosquitoes remain, so that people do not become proud and so that there are fewer of them]: Robbeck 2005: 209-210.