mmm, was kind of out of it yesterday and didn't realize we were onlist. Around here Coyote is yes, a trickster, but more than that. The Laguna teacher I had for Native American Philosophy told me that was what they told white people, but he may well have been pulling my leg. He thought I was a bit too serious.
This is the closest I could find to the understanding I came to have of Coyote. http://www.dfanning.com/documents/coyote.html There are also hundreds of trickster stories. Haven't had time to look through your list yet, but thank you for posting them :) most, like Aesop's tales, are a kind of parable. I'd like to add the following: http://www.indians.org/welker/coyote.htm One of the big things in Native American Studies is recognizing the genuinely native american sources. Dana On 8/5/05, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:5:168285 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
