"Afraid of Nothing" in Beliefs: the creator of the world, but not a benevolent one, as indicated by reducing mountains that were once human-shaped to stasis. Also lives above the world, and her visits are accompanied by sickness and deaths on the inhabitants of the world below.
People lived beyond the sky in Creation of the World, I envision a race of human-like birds that would be fascinating for a story, though that might be attributed to all of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that I've been playing lately.
Different kinds of birds could also exist, separated on different planes like in the story - swans on one, ravens on another, etc.
Throughout these stories persists a theme of cooperation between species, such as in How the Earth was Formed, with Wisagatcak the crane spirit building earth out of moss stuck to a raft fetched by a wolf. Sounds like a good theme or message for a story to me!
The outcome of each story explains a natural phenomenon of the world we live in. I think this should be an outcome for my story, too. I can think of a concept related to the wind currents.
Raven and Moon Woman depicts Raven's theft of the moon, upon which it is delivered to man as the light in the night sky, the sun shining in midday, and the various stars. Of course, thievery brings the image of noble thieves to mind. Perhaps a bit of a morally gray story of different bird populations, the light of the night, and a thievery at the heart of it?
Creation of Light and Grizzly Bear and Coyote are both centered on changing the state of the skies to something more suitable for future generations' prosperity. Let's focus on something original, like the temperature of the air.
Bibliography
Myth-Folklore British North America Unit, stories taken from Katherine Judson's Myths and Legends of British North America
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