I musta missed this one. There are two different traditions I have read relating to Coyote. In some, he is a respected elder who helped create the world (the Crow for example) In others (mostly southwest US), he is a trickster. (Northwest tribes had Raven and Eastern Woodland tribes had Rabbit that served the same purpose)
Sounds like you want the trickster. Who is he: http://members.cox.net/academia/coyote.html http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761580498_4/Native_American_Religions.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickster http://www.phoenixarises.com/phoenix/legends/thunder.htm (pretty good explanation of thunderbird, heyoka, sacred clowns, iktomi and tricksters) http://www.gods-heros-myth.com/northgods.html http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/tales/inktomi/Ant.htm Some Trickster fables/stories: How Coyote stole fire (Sioux) - http://www.darsie.net/talesofwonder/hcsf.html Coyote's Salmon (Sanpoil) - http://www.indians.org/welker/coyotesa.htm A Breath of Coyote (Nishnaabe) - http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~mmagouli/trickster.htm Coyote kills a giant (Navajo) - http://eserver.org/fiction/coyote-and-the-giant.txt Iktomi and the coyote - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=ZitLege.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=4&division=div1 How Squire Coyote Brought Fire to the Cahrocs - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=CheCoyo&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public Coyote Helps Create Man (Navajo) - http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/Coyote_Helps_Create_Man-Navajo.html Bat and Coyote (Nez Perce) - http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/Bat_And_Coyote-NezPerce.html Coyote And Porcupine (Nez Perce) - http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/CoyoteAndPorcupine-NezPerce.html Coyote And The Mallard Ducks (Nez Perce) - http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/Coyote-And-The-Mallard-Ducks-NezPerce.html A Coyote Story (Ojibwa) - http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/A_Coyote_Story-Ojibwa.html Coyote And The Two Frog Women (Alsea) - http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/Coyote-And-The-Two-Frog-Women-Alsea.html And don't forget the roadrunner cartoons and Wile E Coyote. On 8/5/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can probably find you some. Give me a couple days -- been in the > hospital with an infected catscratch. Still one-handed and taking lots > and lots of antibiotics and painkillers. > > Sacred Clowns are a Hopi notion, and you could do far worse on the > topic than Tony Hillerman's novel Sacred Clowns. I think but am not > totally sure that these spirits are similar to Coyote in the Navaho > and Apache worlds, other Native American mythologies too I believe. > > Dana > > On 8/1/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Dana, > > > > Do you have any url's to references for the Coyote fables? > > > > Re: "hey, kinda like Coyote. He is more than Loki; he is foolish man > > who keeps trying :) I have always been fascinated by the sacred > > clowns, ever since I heard of them." > > > > I know they're an oral tradition -- or they were ... but if you've got > > any sources, I'd be appreciative. :) > > > > > > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > > > add features without fixtures with > > the onTap open source framework > > > > http://www.fusiontap.com > > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168260 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
