In the end, Earth Maker is forced to recognize that Coyote's power is equal to his own. Earth Maker orders the people to destroy Coyote, but despite their best efforts, Coyote uses supernatural trickery to outwit them. After it is completed, and Earth Maker has created the people, Coyote vows to spoil the world and introduce evil to it. In some stories he combines both roles.Īn example is a Maidu myth that says that at the beginning of time, a primal being called Earth Maker is floating on the infinite waters, when Coyote calls out to him. In many of these stories he is a major sacred character with divine creative powers in others he is a malevolent and often comical trickster. The coyote (Canis latrans), the animal on which the myths are basedĬoyote is featured in the mythology of a number of Indigenous cultures of the Americas, including:Ĭoyote is featured in the mythology of numerous peoples from the area covered by the modern state of California, including the Achomawi and Atsugewi, the Diegueños, the Gallinoméro the Juaneño, the Karok, the Luiseño, the Maidu, the Miwok, the Pomo the Rumsen, the Shasta, the Sinkyone, the Wappo, the Yana and the Yokuts.
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