[1] In Navajo tradition, Coyote appears in creation myths, teaching stories, and healing ceremonies.
Coyote is greedy, vain, foolish, cunning and also occasionally displays a degree of power.
[1] The origin myths present Coyote as an ancient being existing from the beginning and exhibits the general characteristics of the Culture Hero-Trickster.
Water Buffalo then causes a great flood which forces First Man and First Woman to move on the Fourth (and present) World.
[3] This story explains the reason some stars are dimmer than others, because Black God did not light the ones Coyote blew into the sky on fire.
[4] The Navajo believe it provides a pathway for the spirits traveling between heaven and earth, each little star being one footprint.
Coyote wins Changing Bear (Navajo: Asdzání shash nádleehé) as his wife and he uses his magic to make her evil like him.
In human form, she tells her brothers that she wants to comb their hair and remove their lice like she used to do before she was evil, so they turn their backs to her.
[2] A Navajo saying holds that if Coyote crosses your path, turn back and do not continue your journey.