Coyote
Akimel O'odham (Pima) · numen · Akimel O'odham (Pima) traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Coyote (Ban) is the trickster of Akimel O'odham narrative, present from the creation as a companion and foil to Earth Doctor and Elder Brother. He is among the handful of beings who survive the flood, riding it out in a hollow log or length of reed. Restless, greedy, and clever, he alternately aids and disrupts the ordering of the world: his meddling is blamed for imperfections of creation such as the scattering of the stars and the entry of death, and he recurs across a wide cycle of shorter tales as both dupe and deceiver.
Domains
- trickster
- disorder
Powers
- disrupt the ordering of the world
Relations
- companion: Earth DoctorFrank Russell, The Pima Indians (1908), pp. 209-213. (primary)
- companion: Elder BrotherFrank Russell, The Pima Indians (1908), pp. 211-218. (primary)
Sources
- Coyote is the trickster present from creation and one of the survivors of the flood.: Frank Russell, The Pima Indians (1908), pp. 209-213. (primary); Donald Bahr et al., The Short, Swift Time of Gods on Earth (1994). (primary)