ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Coyote’s characteristics here are thus of the typical Trickster figure: greedy, vain, foolish, cunning and, occasionally, displaying a high degree of power. Such Trickster at-tributes have been well described in the literature (Radin, 1956).

Detailed explanation-2: -Coyote, in the mythology and folklore of the North American Plains, California, and Southwest Indians, the chief animal of the age before humans. Coyote’s exploits as a creator, lover, magician, glutton, and trickster are celebrated in a vast number of oral tales (see trickster tale).

Detailed explanation-3: -This story tells how Coyote made the different people, including the Nez Perce, and how certain animals came to look as they do today. Without Coyote’s cleverness in outwitting the monster, the people and animals today would still be imprisoned in the Monster’s belly.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Coyotl” is what the Nahua people called this animal, which is considered a “trickster” by various Native North American cultures.