the man who married a Coyote (Tale 37)

Family: Arikara · Role: man who lived with the Coyotes · First appears: Tale 37 · The Man Who Married a Coyote

He married the Coyote woman (Tale 37) and lived with her for several years. After many years, he rose after being stunned, and hunters caught him at the Missouri River while he was living with Coyotes. They gave him medicines; he recovered and entered the medicine-lodge, where he was cleansed of his Coyote state. the Coyote woman (Tale 37) came to the lodge, and he identified her as his wife.

The people urged him to return to the man's human wife (Tale 37) and the man's children (Tale 37), telling him they were well and that his wife had not married again. Later, near sunset, he found the baby Coyote (Tale 37) lying in a bank of snow. He left the baby there while he went home to warm himself, but when he returned, the baby was gone.

Relationship record

Life events

• The man married a Coyote woman and lived with her.(Tale 37 · The Man Who Married a Coyote)
  • With: the Coyote woman (Tale 37)
  • “He finally married a Coyote, and lived with her for several years.”
• The man regained consciousness after being stunned, though he had not really been killed.(Tale 37 · The Man Who Married a Coyote)
  • “After many years this man who was killed rose from where he was lying, for he had not really been killed, but was simply stunned by falling onto hard ground.”
• Hunters caught the man after he had adapted to living with Coyotes.(Tale 37 · The Man Who Married a Coyote · 📍 Missouri River)
  • “The warriors went down and surrounded this mysterious being and caught him.”
• The man recovered after receiving medicines and entered the medicine-lodge.(Tale 37 · The Man Who Married a Coyote)
  • “They took him notwithstanding, and they gave him medicines. He became well, and he entered the medicine-lodge.”
• The man was cleansed of his Coyote state by vomiting up hair, clay, and other things.(Tale 37 · The Man Who Married a Coyote · 📍 the lodge)
  • “After all this had come out of him he was cleansed from being a Coyote.”
• The Coyote woman came to the lodge, where the man identified her as his wife.(Tale 37 · The Man Who Married a Coyote · 📍 the lodge)
  • With: the Coyote woman (Tale 37)
  • “The Coyote whom the man had married came into the lodge.”
• The man left the baby Coyote in the snow; when he returned, the baby was gone.(Tale 37 · The Man Who Married a Coyote · 📍 a bank of snow)
  • With: the baby Coyote (Tale 37)
  • “He went to pick up the baby, but as he was so cold, he let the baby Coyote stay in the snow, and he went home. After he had warmed himself he went out to see if the baby was still in the snow, but when he got there, there was no baby at all.”

Tale 37 · The Man Who Married a Coyote

• married with the Coyote woman (Tale 37) “He finally married a Coyote, and lived with her for several years.”
• married with the man's human wife (Tale 37) “The people begged him to go home, saying that his wife and children were well and that his wife was not married again.”
• child: the man's children (Tale 37) “The people begged him to go home, saying that his wife and children were well and that his wife was not married again.”
• child: the baby Coyote (Tale 37) “Just a little before sunset he came to a bank of snow, and there lay one of his baby Coyotes.”

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