the leader Coyote (Tale 55)

Role: one of the two Coyotes · First appears: Tale 55 · The Coyote and the Dancing Corn

Life events

• The leader Coyote became stuck in a mortar while trying to get pounded corn.(Tale 55 · The Coyote and the Dancing Corn)
  • “So he ran to the mortar, stuck his head into the bowl, and became fast.”
• The brother Coyote chopped open the mortar, accidentally killing the leader Coyote.(Tale 55 · The Coyote and the Dancing Corn)
  • With: the brother Coyote (Tale 55)
  • “The other Coyote took the axe and chopped the mortar open, cutting the other Coyote on the head so that he died.”

Tale 55 · The Coyote and the Dancing Corn

• siblings with the brother Coyote (Tale 55) “After a time the brother of the Coyote came, and said, ‘Wa, what are you doing?’”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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