Falcon
Miwok · demigod · myth age (first people / animal people time) · Recorded classification
Animal-person culture-hero classed 'demigod'. Wek'-wek (Prairie Falcon) is paired with Coyote across central-California (Miwok/Yokuts) creation; recorded by Merriam (1910).
Domains
- culture hero
Powers
- win fire and benefits for the first people
- Steal fire and bring it to the first people
Relations
- descendant of: CoyoteWek'-wek the Prairie Falcon is Coyote-man's grandson and constant partner in the Mewan creation; grandson, not son, hence descent rather than parentage.C. Hart Merriam, 'The Dawn of the World: Myths and Weird Tales Told by the Mewan (Miwok) Indians of California' (1910). (secondary)
Sources
- Prairie Falcon (Wek'-wek), kin of the creator Coyote, is a Miwok culture-hero who acts to benefit the first people.: C. Hart Merriam, 'The Dawn of the World: Myths and Weird Tales Told by the Mewan (Miwok) Indians of California' (1910). (ethnography); Edward W. Gifford, 'Miwok Myths,' UC Publications vol. 12 (1917). (ethnography)