Coyote is a popular figure throughout Native American literature and is commonly the sly trickster used in storytelling to teach lessons and morals to listeners and readers of these stories. Coyote is presented as a young spirited, playful, and free-willed. Although the intentions are not unpure or evil, they is capable of creating quite some trouble. Coyote’s character feels mythical and supernatural, not so much as other more realistic human characters in the novel. For example, at the end of the novel, Coyote’s dancing and singing creates an earthquake. I think there is more to be said that Coyote’s playful actions of fun induce horror, as well as the meaning of the flood and Coyote’s role in this.

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https://skemman.is/bitstream/1946/8380/1/One%20of%20the%20final%20versions.pdf

https://www.gradesaver.com/green-grass-running-water/study-guide/character-list