The Bluejay Cycle (Coast Salish)
Bluejay is a prominent trickster figure in Coast Salish mythology, particularly among the Chemainus, Cowichan, and other Salish communities. He is generally a benevolent being who helps people, but he is also extremely foolish and careless, and stories about him are often humorous or slapstick. In one classic story, Bluejay boasted that he could steal the sun, but his lies got him into trouble when the people took him seriously and he had to deliver on his impossible promise. In another, he tried to imitate the skills of other animals and birds, with disastrously funny results. Bluejay often i