In the Mythos of the
Native American Tradition, the coyote is the trickster, the tester of your resolve
and perspective commonly held by society.
In Native American Lore the Coyote is the Trickster. There are many stories that range through out the West Coast and Great Plains that look to Coyote as a practical joker promoting mischief and at times harm.
Tales of Brother Coyote may be found in the Karuk, Chinookan, Flathead and Nez Perce Stories where Coyote is famed and blamed for a whole hose of tricks, discoveries; even the gift of fire. However the over all result to most of the Coyote lore is that he is here to testing our conscience and teases us into a better understanding of ourselves and the decisions we make.
A good friend did a sketch of a Coyote holding his staff with his feet and placing his “hands” in flip flops; a joke about the reversal of ideas to emphasize their silliness (why would a Coyote wear flip flops?).
He
commissioned a statue of bronze to be made based on his sketch. To give it balance ( and to emphasis the
design) I placed him balancing on the world
The original now resides in his home; however he has given me leave to
reproduce it for the pleasure of others.
