Coyote Steals Fire Analysis

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In the same way, “Coyote Steals Fire” none of the animals receive any negative affects, which the trick would provoke. Also the only character that could encounter injury,would be Thunder, since the coyote plays a trick on him and ends up giving away his fire because of the ruse. Especially since, a coyote seems inferior to Thunder, who is suppose to be a higher-being that acts stronger and smarter than the lame coyote. A quote that proves that no character really acquired any injuries, which states, “Thunder picked up the huge rock containing fire and hurled it at what he thought was Coyote. But he hit only the skin and fur”(Erdoes and Ortiz 45). It shows relevance because only the coyote came the closest to anyone actually getting hurt. If