THE COYOTE

WHO IS THE COYOTE?

• The coyote is the trickster
• god of many Native American tribes.
• He is mostly believed in by tribes
• in the Midwest and Southwest tribes.(like the Navaho)
• He was believed in around the 1400's

HOW DID HE LOOK

• He was a shape shifter
• He could look like a man,
• Coyote, or just a sacred being or power
• He could also look like a
• hybrid man/coyote thing.

RELATIVES

• The coyote didn't have any family.
• The Native American gods weren't
• relatives but just divine beings.

WHAT DID HE DO?

• He was responsible for many things
• He gave people fire, made constellations,
• made people different, and
• many other things.
• But he didn't intentionally do these.

HOW WAS HE WORSHIPED?

• The coyote was worshiped
• by ceremonies and rituals
• they believed that he would be
• present while the rituals were
• going on.

The human maker