Coyote Deity of Miwok
In Miwok mythology of Northern California, Coyote is one of the most important and revered figures, serving as both the creator god and the ultimate trickster. According to Miwok creation stories, in the beginning there was only water until Silver Fox, a female creator spirit, sang a song of loneliness and Coyote answered. Together they danced and sang the world into existence, creating the earth beneath their feet through the power of their creative expression. Coyote is the ancestor of the Miwok people, their creator god who shaped the first humans from feathers of crow and buzzard, modeling