my spirit animal.

"Another manifestation of the trickster is the coyote, an animal viewed with both fascination and disdain depending on the tribe. The Hopi tribe viewed the coyote as a thief who stole their sheep under the cover of darkness. They resolved to rid their land of his presence and eventually succeeded in chasing him out of Hopi territory.

The legend says that Coyote fled to Navajo territory, where he was captured and burned by a resourceful shepherd. The Navajo, however, see the coyote figure as responsible for the emergence of mankind. The Miwok of California also saw the coyote as an essential force in the creation of the earth.

In their mythos, Coyote dried the ancient seas by shaking his blanket over them and this resulted in the creation of land. In this mythos he is viewed as a creator, but the Chinook tribe sees Coyote as responsible for bringing death to the human world. When the world was young and death was a factor only in the lives of animals, Coyote and Eagle travelled to the world of the dead to retrieve their wives. Coyote gathered the dead in a box and started to return to his world. Along the way, wishing to see his wife, Coyote opened the box and released the spirits of the dead, as well as the concept of death itself."