Theft of fire

• Among various Native American tribes of the Pacific Northwest and First Nations, fire was stolen and given to humans by Coyote, Beaver or Dog.
• In Algonquin myth, Rabbit stole fire from an old man and his two daughters.
• In Cherokee myth, after Possum and Buzzard had failed to steal fire, Grandmother Spider used her web to sneak into the land of light. She stole fire, hiding it in a clay pot.
• According to a Mazatec legend, the opossum spread fire to humanity. Fire fell from a star and an old woman kept if for herself. The opossum took fire from the old woman and carried the flame on its tail, resulting in its hairlessness.
• According to the Muscogees/Creeks, Rabbit stole fire from the Weasels.
• In Ojibwa myth, Nanabozho the hare stole fire and gave it to humans.
• According to some Yukon First Nations people, Crow stole fire from a volcano in the middle of the water.

• According to the Rigveda, the hero Mātariśvan recovered fire, which had been hidden from humanity.
• In Greek mythology, according to Hesiod and Pseudo-Apollodorus, Titan Prometheus steals the heavenly fire for humanity, enabling the progress of civilization.
• In the Book of Enoch, the fallen angels and Azazel teach early humanity to use tools and fire.
• In one of the versions of Georgian myth, Amirani stole fire from metalsmiths, who refused to share it – and knowledge of creating it – with other humans.
• The Vainakh hero Pkharmat brought fire to mankind and was chained to Mount Kazbek as punishment.

• In Polynesian myth, Māui stole fire from the Mudhens.
• In the mythology of the Wurundjeri people of Australia, it was the Crow who stole the secret of fire from the Karatgurk women.