Coyote (Tale 52)

Also known as: Coyote · Role: coyote · First appears: Tale 52 · The Coyote Rides the Bear

Life events

• Bear killed The Coyote and tore him up.(Tale 52 · The Coyote Rides the Bear · 📍 the next hill)
  • With: Bear
  • “The Bear caught up with the Coyote on the next hill, and killed the Coyote and tore him up.”
• Buffalo ran over the steep bank and died.(Tale 54 · The Coyote and the Buffalo Run a Race)
  • With: Buffalo (Tale 53)
  • “The Buffalo ran with his eyes closed and jumped over the steep bank. The Coyote stopped, looked, and saw the Buffalo lying dead at the bottom of the steep bank.”
• Coyote skinned and cut up Buffalo.(Tale 54 · The Coyote and the Buffalo Run a Race)
  • With: Buffalo (Tale 53)
  • “The Coyote went down and skinned the Buffalo and cut him up.”
• Fox ate each of the four pouches Coyote gave him to fetch water.(Tale 54 · The Coyote and the Buffalo Run a Race)
  • With: Fox
  • “Four times the Coyote gave the Fox a pouch to bring water, and every time the Fox would say, ‘Coyote, as I dipped water, something came and took away my pouch.’”
• Coyote threw coals into Fox’s face, and Fox ran off crying.(Tale 54 · The Coyote and the Buffalo Run a Race)
  • With: Fox
  • “The Coyote was mad, and he took some coals and threw them into the Fox’s face, so that the Fox cried and ran off.”
• Fox told his story to every animal he met.(Tale 54 · The Coyote and the Buffalo Run a Race)
  • With: Fox
  • “The Fox told his story to every animal he met.”
• The animals entered Coyote’s lodge and ate all his meat.(Tale 54 · The Coyote and the Buffalo Run a Race)
  • With: Fox all the living animals
  • “All the living animals got together, and when the Coyote was fast asleep they went in and ate all he had in his lodge.”
• Rabbit covered the sleeping Coyote and went away.(Tale 59 · The Coyote and the Rolling Stone)
  • With: Rabbit
  • “By morning the Coyote went to sleep. The Rabbit went over and covered him and then went his way.”
• The Stone became angry, moved, and chased the Coyote.(Tale 59 · The Coyote and the Rolling Stone)
  • With: Stone
  • “At last the Stone moved, for it was angry, and the Stone ran after the Coyote.”
• The Coyote ate the young Bull-Bats in their nest.(Tale 59 · The Coyote and the Rolling Stone)
  • With: young Bull-Bats (Tale 59)
  • “and when they were gone the Coyote saw the young ones in their nest and ate them up”
• The Bull-Bats killed the Coyote.(Tale 59 · The Coyote and the Rolling Stone)
  • With: Bull-Bats
  • “They were mad, and they expelled flatus on the Coyote and killed him.”

Tale 52 · The Coyote Rides the Bear

• enemies with Bear “The Bear caught up with the Coyote on the next hill, and killed the Coyote and tore him up.”

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Extracted from the original text of Traditions of the Arikara. Made with Rho MD.