In one account of the Tungusic creation myth, Buga, their central deity, set fire to a vast primordial ocean.
Buga relented, releasing Buninka to be allowed to wander the earth on condition he did no harm to man.
From the east he gathered iron; from the south fire; the west, water; and from the north, earth.
[3] Almost identical versions of this myth are recounted in (Leeming 2009, p. 266) and (Sproul 2013, p. 217), but the creator is referred to as "God", and not 'Buga'.
A similar myth of creation of man from four elements by Buga is given in (Holmberg 1964) from (Spasskiy 1822, p. 34).