Canis latrans =
Coyote = nativ american Trickster. = Symbol
des Chaos
Vergleich: Monardella (= coyote mint Lamiales). Siehe: Mammalia
[Melissa Assilem/Nancy Herrick]
Canis latrans
The coyote is smaller than the grey wolf. The ancestors of the coyote
diverged from those of the grey wolf. Its social organization is highly
flexible, living either in nuclear families or in loosely knit packs of
unrelated individuals. The coyote has been described as "the most vocal of
North American wild mammals"; the name Canis latrans means “barking dog”. Coyotes are very elusive and secretive
animals. The basic social unit of a coyote pack is a nuclear family centered around a reproductive female. Unlike the wolf,
which has been known to practice both monogamous and bigamous mating, the
coyote is strictly monogamous, even in areas with high coyote densities and
abundant food. The male plays an active role in feeding, grooming, and guarding
the pups and even hunts for the females during pregnancy. However, unrelated
coyotes may join forces for companionship, or to bring down prey too large to
attack singly. Such nonfamily packs are only temporary, and may consist of
bachelor males, non-reproductive females and sub-adult young. A coyote captures
small prey by pouncing upon it with its paws, but usually kills larger prey by
rushing at it from the front and slashing its throat, killing it with the canine
teeth.
Themes
Adjustable, flexible, adaptable
The coyote is a highly adaptable and versatile carnivore. It can change
its diet, breeding habits, and social behavior, and
can survive in a changing environment. This quality
is expressed in patients as ‘flexible and able to adjust to any
situation’; this is how they succeed in life.
Another reason for the coyote’s flexibility is that it is not a
specialized hunter of large prey as the wolf is; they do not have the need to
create the strength which comes from the group, so they stay united either in a
nuclear family or they remain single. In Lac lupinum,
they need aggression and control to protect their own space because they have
a strict hierarchy, while in Canis latrans, they are flexible and have less need to fiercely
protect their own space from intruders.
Less aggressive than wolves
Coyote pups are born in dens or hollows and the coyote generally does
not defend its territory outside the denning season.
Clever, trickster
The coyote is a prominent character in Native American folklore as
Trickster. In humans, it is expressed as intelligent or as having the capacity
to turn any situation in your favor. They have the
intellectual capacity to take advantage of any adverse condition.
No proving is available; this understanding is from natural history.
[Utopia]
Kojoten sind mittelgroße
Raubtiere, die in Nord- und Mittelamerika vorkommen. Obwohl sie oft als
Einzelgänger gelten, zeigen auch sie monogames Verhalten. In einigen
Populationen bilden Kojoten monogame Paare, die eine langfristige Bindung
eingehen. Diese Paare arbeiten zusammen, um ihr Territorium zu verteidigen und
ihre Jungen aufzuziehen. Die monogamen Tiere teilen dabei die Jagd- und
Brutpflegeverantwortung.
Trickster
There are thousands of myths and stories about Coyote, the great
trickster. Many native cultures call Coyote the "Medicine Dog." If
you have pulled this card, can be sure
that some kind of medicine is on its way - and it may or may not be to
your liking.
Whatever the medicine is, good or bad, you can be sure it will make you
laugh, maybe even painfully. You can also be sure that Coyote will teach you a
lesson about yourself.
Coyote has many magical powers, but they do not always work in his favor. His own trickery fools him. He is the master
trickster who tricks himself. No one is more astonished than Coyote at the
outcome of his own tricks. He falls into his own trap. And yet he somehow
manages to survive. He may be banged and bruised by the experience, but he soon
goes on his way to even greater error, forgetting to learn from his mistakes.
He may have lost the battle, but he is never beaten. Coyote teaches us
the beauty of our trust and innocence until we become to serious, then Coyote
backtracks to trick us
out of the pompousness that masks our fears and seriousness. If we
forget to be children and take life with laughter and ease, Coyote appears to
pester us until we let go of
the inner pain that keeps us from knowing the joys of life.
Coyote is sacred. In the folly of his acts we see our own foolishness.
As Coyote moves from one disaster to the next, he refines the art of
self-sabotage to sheer perfection.
No one can blindly do themselves or other in with more grace and ease
than the holy trickster. Coyote takes himself so seriously at times that he
cannot see the obvious.
For instance, the steam roller that is about to run over him. That is
why, when it hits him, he still can not believe it.
Contained within the trickster medicine is the humor
of the ages. The cosmic joke is not just on ourselves but on everybody else, if
they are following Coyote or have strong Coyote medicine. Someone like this may
be able to convince others that a skunk smells like roses, but the fact remains
that it is still a skunk.
Snooze time is over. Watch out. Your glass house may come crashing to
the ground at any moment. All your self- mirrors may shatter. When you destroy
the illusion of who you are to others and be yourself, you will have restored
your innocence. There are many sides of ourselves that we show to others. This
is almost always what we want them to see based on which face would bring us
approval and acceptance. We must learn to shatter the mirrors of self-
importance and to laugh at the expectations or projections
that others send our way. Coyote is you, me, booby traps, jet airplanes
with toilets that don't work, blind dates, and all the humorous and whimsical
things we encounter along life's way. Get ready for more of the laughs- lots
more.
Go immediately beneath the surface of your experiences. Ask yourself
what you are really doing and why. Are you playing a joke on yourself? Are you
trying to fool an adversary? Is someone tricking you? When was the last time
you did something just because it was fun? On the other hand, you may not be
conscious of your own pathway
to foolishness. You may have conned yourself, your family, your friends,
or even the public at large, into believing that you know what you are doing.
Perhaps you are balled up in your own machinations. You have created a
befuddling, bewildering, confounding trick. Pick up the juggler eyes from the
ground and put them back in their sockets.
See through the genius of your acts of self-sabotage. Find it amusing
and laugh. If you can't laugh at yourself and your crazy antics, you have lost
the game. Coyote always comes calling when things get too serious. The medicine
is in laughter and joking so that new viewpoints can be assumed. If you have
Coyote medicine, you may use it make stuffy old fogies lighted up, or add cheer
to a party, or to break a death-grip conversation with ease. Look at the
positive side of sabotaging nosy question about your personal life. Have fun
telling some gossiper that you just returned from St. Topez
in your new Lear Jet!
Contrary
If Coyote appears in the reversed position, you can be assured that he is
going to be contrary and a pain in your side. Look around yourself and watch
which direction he is coming from. If Coyote is approaching you from the
outside, beware of this master of illusion. Coyote may put you in his spell and
take you to a briar patch to pick berries. It will be a painful lesson for you
if you follow him. Coyote reversed can appear in your life as a supposed
all-knowing teacher, a scam artist, a get-rich-quick business planner, a rare
coin door-to-door salesperson, a femme fatal, a movie producer, a television
evangelist, a swamp-land realtor, a politician, or anybody who wants you to
follow their lead. Coyote is not the recommended business partner or lover.
Coyote may signal a time when everything you touch backfires. All your
jokes may be exploding in your face. In this reversed position, Coyote also
signals a time to be aware of the intentions of others, and to look for the
boomerang you threw at another person coming back to know you from behind.
Someone else's trick may be on you, or there could be deception in the wind.
Whatever Coyote reversed has conjured up, it could be coming from any
direction. Remember, this joker is always wild!
Overview
The American Indian regarded the Coyote as a joker because of its highly
amusing antics and habit of appearing to ignore the obvious. As a power animal,
Coyote will teach you more about yourself and will help you to learn from your
own mistakes. It can help you to smile at your own acts of foolishness, and not
to take everything so painfully seriously. Coyote is concerned with breaking
down the ego which is blocking your spiritual progress, and
"tricking" you into things you may find difficult, but which are
necessary in your development. Coyote encourages you to recognize that the mess
you are in is largely your own fault. Ask Coyote to help you to look beneath
the surface of the situation, and to see t he course of your own actions from a
different perspective. When
you can stop blaming others, blaming circumstances, blaming fate, or bad
luck, Coyote will have taught you the lesson of the experience. Then, see the
humorous side and laugh at your mistakes. Coyote will continue to dog you if
you persist in making the same mistake again!
Explore the present chaos. See life’s humor.
Let go and laugh. Welcome the unexpected.
Source: Sams, Jamie and Carson, David.