Coyote Steals Fire Trickster

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Much like the last story, the trickster Coyote in “Coyote Steals Fire” uses deception to achieve his goal. By taking advantage of Thunder’s competitive nature, Coyote starts a game of dice with the agreement of a prize of fire if Coyote wins, then cheats his way into winning. Because Thunder is so much slower than Coyote, Coyote uses this to his advantage and not only rearranges the dice so that he gets more points and Thunder gets less, but also “t[akes] a counting stick away from Thunder’s pile and add[s] it to his own” (Erdoes and Ortiz 45). With this method, Coyote wins the game, which means that Thunder has to give him fire as stated in their agreement made prior to the game. However, even though unable to prove it, Thunder knows that …show more content…
In the first story, although Anansi deceives four creatures into capture, the end result benefits society. When Nyame gives Anansi the stories, “he and his wife eagerly learn each of them...Everywhere you look, they still spin their webs for all to see” (Kaleki 42). Without Anansi and Aso’s trickery, the earth’s stories would still be unknown, but because of their curiosity and determination, the sky god rewards them with the stories and instead of keeping the stories to themselves, the spiders share them with everyone else on earth. Similarly, in the second story, before Coyote comes along, “people had no fire” (Erdoes and Ortiz 44). After winning the game with Thunder and using the trick of separating his insides and outsides, though, Thunder throws the ball of fire at Coyote’s outsides. Coyote then allows “every animal [to] t[ake] a piece of the fire and put it under its armpit or under its wing” (Erdoes and Ortiz 45). Even though the tricksters in the two stories use a method that hurts another creature to accomplish their goal, in the end their acts benefit society as a

Comparing 'Coyote Steals Fire And' How Stories Came To Earth

Tales are written about tricksters to showcase their mischievous and magical abilities when outwitting their opponents. Tricksters exhibit a great deal of intelligence and knowledge, which aids them in carrying out the various schemes. Mischievous tricksters shine in their own tales, “How Stories Came to Earth,” “Coyote Steals Fire,” and “Master Cat,” where they deceive various gods to obtain their valuable possession. “How Stories Came to Earth” contains an unpredictable hero, Anansi the spider…

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Coyote Steals Fire

de Carabas.” This is a quote taken from the trickster tale “Master Cat.” This was just the beginning of how a cat tricked a king. The trickster tales “Coyote Steals Fire” and “Master cat” have many similarities and differences. There is a copious amount of similarities between “Coyote Steals Fire” and “Master Cat”. One similarity is that both of the main characters achieved their goal. In “Coyote Steals Fire” Coyote won the game of dice and got the fire as a prize. In “Master Cat” the miller’s son…

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Comparison Of Trickster Tales

Trickster Tales ¨what remains, still remains¨ The Sky-God said this quote in ¨How Stories Came To Earth¨ when Anansi Captured 2 out of 4 creatures. Anansi the spider was trying to obtain stories from the Sky-God. To get these, Anansi had to capture 4 Creatures. A python, a leopard, hornets, and a fairy. When the stories were given, Anansi would read all of the stories and tell them around the world. Several similarities and differences are present in the trickster tales, ¨How Stories Came To Earth¨…

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Coyote Steals Fire Vs Master Cat

Imagine a coyote that was clever enough to outsmart the Thunder-god, and provide fire to all of the villages. That is what happened in the trickster tale entitled “Coyote Steals Fire.” “Coyote Steals Fire” was mostly about a coyote that cheated at a game of dice to gain fire from the Thunder-god. The trickster tales “Coyote Steals Fire”, and “Master Cat” have similarities and differences. The tales “Coyote Steals Fire”, and “Master Cat” both have many similarities and differences. Not only were…

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Comparing Master Cat And In Coyote Steals Fire

Trickster Tales “But as for me, once I’ve eaten the cat and made a muff from its skin, i will surely starve to death”. So after getting the short end of the stick from his father's inheritance the son is deciding what to do with the cat in the trickster tale “Master Cat.” In “Master Cat” the youngest son of a miller was poor and could not afford to eat so he was going to eat the cat but before he did the cat spoke to him and requested a few items so he could provide for his master and not be eaten…

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Coyote Steals Fire 'And Master Cat, Or Puss In Boots'

Trickster Tales How did the world get fire? There is a coyote that is smart enough to outsmart the Thunder God. This trickster tale results by giving the whole world fire. The trickster tales “Coyote Steals Fire” and “Master Cat, or Puss in Boots” compare and contrast in many different ways. There are many similarities in “Coyote Steals Fire” and “Master Cat, or Puss in Boots”. Both of these stories provide examples of anthropomorphism which is when you give animals human characteristics. Coyote…

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How Stories Came To Earth Summary

Trickster Tales “What is the price of the stories?” Anansi the spider asked the Sky God in “How Stories Came To Earth” wanting to obtain all of the Sky God’s Stories, which were kept in a small chest. The African trickster tale, "How Stories Came To Earth" tells the story of a spider named Anansi who wanted to obtain stories which belonged to the Sky God only. As Anansi asks the Sky God -who didn’t take Anansi seriously because he was a small spider- what does the Sky God want in exchange for all…

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Trickster Tale Research Paper

benefit one, but the rest of the whole world as well. The short stories, “How Stories Came to Earth”, “Coyote Steals Fire”, and “Master Cat: Puss in Boots” are all trickster tales. Just like in the trickster tales, the main characters deceive others in order to make a change in their society. A trickster is a clever creature who plays tricks on other characters in order to gain something and a trickster tale is a folk tale…

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Coyote Stoles Fire

Imagine a coyote being so arrogant and cocky to cheat to win a game as to a cat lying and threatning pepole to get himself and his master to fame.In the storie of “Coyote Steals Fire” coyote cheats and takes thunders points away when he isnt looking; as to the story of “master cat” where he threatens the pepoles land and the pepoles lives. In “Coyote Steals Fire” coyote cheats his way to earn fire for resource throughout the world. In “Master Cat” the cat avoids being eaten by the miller's son by…

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Coyote Steals Fire, And Master Cat: Puss In Boots

Trickster tales are short, imaginative narratives that usually use animals as the main characters to show wisdom. These stories were originally passed down through oral tradition and were eventually written down. Some trickster tales can also end with a lesson taught, or a moral. The stories “How Stories Came to Earth” retold by Kaleki, “Coyote Steals Fire” retold by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz, and “Master Cat: Puss In Boots” by Charles Perrault are all considered trickster tales. These…

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