Similarity and Coyote

Martinez, Jose Per. 2 9-14-12 prairie wolf and the Buffalo and disconcert and brush wolf and Whale are both practical joker tales in the Native American culture. These beguiler tales do share similarities however they do share a difference as well. The similarities between these two trickster tales is that they explain wherefore the world is how it is, and they bewilder virtuouse t distributivelyings, but the difference in these is how coyote is portrayed in the trickster tales.One similarity that these two trickster tales have is that they explain why the world is how it is. For example in Coyote and the Buffalo Coyote eat ups the unfledged awe that was given to him by Buffalo Bull as food, wherefore he goes to Buffalo Bull to ask for a nonher one, but the teenaged daunt that Coyote had killed has returned from the dead and refuses to go with him and Buffalo Bull too denies him another one. This explains why there are no buffalo in the Kettle Falls on the Columbia Ri ver, all because of Coyote.In Fox and Coyote and Whale Fox and Coyote go after Foxs married woman who was kidnapped by Whale. After Fox and Coyote rescue her, Fox cuts off Whales head and tosses it into the ocean and that is why whales turn int live in the rivers and Whale could no longer ease up love to the wives of other men. The trickster tale also explains why dry land People and Water people dont love each other because Fox killed Whale. Another similarity between these two trickster tales is the moral teachings.The moral teaching in Coyote and the Buffalo is to not be greedy. An example would be when Coyote killed the young cow for more food because he was tired of eating the fat of the young cow and as a result he gets the remains of the young cow stolen and is soon left with nothing. In Fox and Coyote and Whale the moral is to be helpful and selfless. An example would be when Fox and Coyote denounce on a quest to rescue Foxs wife from Whale.In the end Fox ends up gettin g his wife back because Coyote was selfless and helpful. The difference is how Coyote is portrayed in these trickster tales. In Coyote and the Buffalo Coyote can be seen as a coward because when he his in a tree with Buffalo Bull on the ground trying to knock the tree down and trying to kill him Coyote bargains with Buffalo Bull that if he spares his life he forget make him new horns. However, in Fox and Coyote and Whale Coyote can be seen as a hero.He helps his brother, Fox, rescue his wife. In the first-year trickster tale he is seen as someone who only helps himself irrelevant in the second one he is seen as someone who helps his brother. In conclusion, both of these tales are similar, but they do have at least(prenominal) one difference. What they have in common can be seen in how they explain why the world is the way it is and moral teachings. They do, however, have a difference and its how the character Coyote is portrayed in each trickster tale.