Hello Reader, Happy New Year! This month I have a more family-friendly coyote story to share. And you don't even have to work for it because it's a video! (You can read last month's R-Rated post here if you missed it.) Watch it when you have some time to spare as it is about 18 minutes long and Coyote is more of a hero in this one. It's a very nice story and I'm a big fan of the performer. He's kind of famous in my neck of the woods. This story is performed by Kenthen Thomas Kenthen...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, Last time I threatened to tell you some Coyote stories. I even dropped a hint that a flying vagina or two might be involved. You can read that post here if you like. Well. No sense beating around the bush. Let's get to it. This particular story I got from the fantastic book Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History by Dan Flores. I've taken out all the good parts and paraphrased his eloquent prose with my own barely intelligible vernacular. Enjoy. As supernatural helper...
5 months ago • 4 min read
Hello Reader, Last month I gave you a popular version of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) creation myth. You can read that post here if you like. In it, Coyote featured prominently. He's a confusing one, this Coyote, or Sk'elep as he's called. On one hand, he is a great magician with powers matched only by the Old One. It is Coyote under the directions of the Old One who is tasked with getting the world ready for the people to live in. Coyote is one of a group of beings called Transformers. And no,...
7 months ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, We gotta get ready for the People! I've been working away on my Medicine Man Files series (Book 1 I hope will be released some time this winter) and the research for these books has required me to read a whole lot of indigenous mythology from all over North America. I'm going to share a few of these myths with you over the next couple of months. The Secwepemc (Shuswap) creation myth is one that will feature heavily in my novels. While there are a lot of slightly different...
8 months ago • 1 min read