I remember someone telling me that a lot of stories you hear about come from this list of stories. Not sure if there is actually 1222 stories or 1212 stories or 1200 stories - I really can't remember. But, basically a lot of plots and settings all stem from these stories. If you've heard of anything like this, please post :)

I haven't heard of this exactly, but I do know that conflicts in plots/stories come in different standard types, I.E. man vs man, man vs nature, on and on. I'm curious about the concept you mentioned, though!