Fox
Nlaka'pamux (Thompson) · numen · Nlaka'pamux (Thompson) traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Fox is the brother and constant companion of Coyote in Nlaka'pamux tradition. His defining role is that of reviver: after Coyote is killed through his own folly and his body scattered, Fox finds the remains and, by stepping over them, brings the trickster back to life. This recurring rescue makes Coyote's deaths reversible and allows the transformer cycle to continue, and it echoes the same Fox-and-Coyote pairing found across the Interior Salish peoples.
Domains
- death and revival
Powers
- revives the dead by stepping over the bones
Relations
- sibling: CoyoteBrother and reviver of Coyote.Teit 1912, 'Mythology of the Thompson Indians': Fox as Coyote's brother. (primary)
Sources
- Fox is Coyote's brother in Thompson tradition and the being who repeatedly restores the trickster to life by stepping over his bones.: Teit, James A. 'Mythology of the Thompson Indians,' Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 12, 1912, Coyote cycle. (primary)