Native American Myth: "Fire"

"Fire" is a myth from the Alabama Tribe that is a creation story about fire and how fire came to be used by man.  At the beginning of the world, Bear owned Fire, however, Bear took poor care of Fire one day.  Bear and his people had set up fire by a great forest and found tasty acorns.  They left Fire alone in search for more of the tasty acorns, leaving Fire to die out slowly. Man then came walking through the forest and heard Fire crying out in desperation, "feed me!"  Fire told man to feed him sticks, so Man put sticks on the North, South, East and West sides of Fire and Fire was able to grow from eating the sticks.  As it grew, Fire warmed Man and Man also enjoyed watching Fires natural dancing and movement.  Therefore, Fire and Man started their relationship and from that day on, Man owned Fire.

This was an interesting myth; even though it was somewhat short, it got to the main point regarding fire and Man's relationship.  Both fire and man were dependent on each other; one could not thrive without the other.  

I found this myth from americanfolklore.com