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Coyote the Native American Trickster the prankster and joker of all the gods. Always managing to get into some kinda trouble no matter what the circumstances. I have studied Native American folklore for many years. All of the tales involving Coyote will usually make your jaw drop. From him losing his anus in a bet to letting Beaver sleep with his wife because he lost a bet hunting rabbits. Coyote will trick you into letting him babysit your children then he will eat them and run away. Many years ago I came across a magic book with a summoning inside to call Coyote. I read it many times for fun like a complete fool. Let's just say I am pretty sure he showed up. Things went into a wild ride from there on out. Lots of messes but always ending in a positive light. Coyote loves to have fun and smoke tobacco and gamble and eat whatever he can get his hands on. He can shapeshift into Oldman Coyote which is his human form as well as shapeshift into any other living creature. He is said to have brought fire to mankind to help them to cook and stay warm.
Trickster energy is some of the most interesting energy of the cosmos. Batman's The Joker would be a good example of a modern jovial insane character representing this energy. Coyote was said to have placed the very stars themselves as well as having had made human beings. The trickster character from Celtic druidism would have to be Cernunnos the horned god. Every religion and mythos has a prankster representing this energy. Some of the most interesting attributes of Coyote is that once he dies he always comes back to life. Chasing road runners this guy always ends up in a bigger mess. With friends or not so much friends as rattlesnake, woodpecker, spider, squirrel and many others. Most of the other animals do not like Coyote in the tales but he does have a few good friends. The thing I enjoy the most about these stories is the dark humor and morbidness of them. Some of them are plain weird indeed. These stories are based on what the Native American call creation tales. These are part of their lore of the creation of the universe and of mankind. Stories of gods walking the Earth with unbelievable powers helping and having fun with mankind.
In the book Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore his main character Samuel Hunter is an insurance salesmen. He starts to notice a strange dressed in black Native American hanging around all the time causing him many troubles. Samuel having run from his reservation long ago for killing a bully cop and gone into hiding wants to keep on the down low. Until he meets a woman that is. A medicineman Pokey in his family has always talked about Coyote being their allies. Soon Coyote begins to help Sam and in the process pawns his Mercedes. Spends twenty five thousand at a Las Vegas casino of Sam's money. As well as screws his secretary. What turns out is a black humoured comedy fest of great proportions involving a modern tale of the trickster himself. A wonderful book which shows Coyote at large in his full guise out on the town and making mischief with mankind. Where he will always belong tripping up the tight wads and bringing grins to the ladies after banging 'em of course. |
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