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Date Unknown. Typewritten Pima mythology citing Clara Ahiel, which makes reference to Coyote, thirst, quails, cholla cactus.

Handwritten notes on two unlined note cards titled "Coyote -- Emulation: Beauty," (with "Fatal imitation" also noted) re: folk tales using this character and plot element. American Indian tribes listed include the Zia, Laguna [Western Keres], Taos, Hopi, Yokuts, Pima, Ute, Isleta [Southern Tiwa], Navajo, Jicarilla, and Acoma. Includes citations; one is given for "The Pima Indians," Frank Russell, p. 245. In this story, Coyote sees Bluebird get…

Handwritten notes on two unlined note cards titled "Coyote -- Emulation: Beauty," (with "Fatal imitation" also noted) re: folk tales using this character and plot element. American Indian tribes listed include the Zia, Laguna [Western Keres], Taos, Hopi, Yokuts, Pima, Ute, Isleta [Southern Tiwa], Navajo, Jicarilla, and Acoma. Includes citations; one is given for "The Pima Indians," Frank Russell, p. 245. In this story, Coyote sees Bluebird get his beautifully-colored feathers after diving into the lake. Coyote tries it and becomes blue also. As he walks, he keeps looking around to see if anyone notices his beautiful new color, and trips over a stump, falling into the dirt. That is why coyotes are the color of dirt. Undated. Show more Show less

These handwritten, undated research notes on the front and back of a lined note card, titled "Coyote: Eye Juggler," compare myths of the Wind River Shoshone [Eastern Shoshone], Comanche, Hopi, Navajo, Ute, Paviotso [Northern Paiute], Shivwits [Southern Paiute], and Zuni Indians using this theme. A bibliography cited for this theme is related in "Kutenai Tales," Franz Boas, Bulletin of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Vol. 59, p. 302, note 1…

These handwritten, undated research notes on the front and back of a lined note card, titled "Coyote: Eye Juggler," compare myths of the Wind River Shoshone [Eastern Shoshone], Comanche, Hopi, Navajo, Ute, Paviotso [Northern Paiute], Shivwits [Southern Paiute], and Zuni Indians using this theme. A bibliography cited for this theme is related in "Kutenai Tales," Franz Boas, Bulletin of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Vol. 59, p. 302, note 1. There are additional citations in these notes. Also noted: Small bird, blue jays, "makes eyes clear," burns himself, blind, wolf, cottontail, incomplete resuscitation, raven. Show more Show less

An undated, typewritten half-page, headed "Coyote fails as Initiate," contains bibliographical references to a common myth theme about the consequences of breaking rules, as told by the Sia and Laguna people.

Two handwritten note cards with the header Coyote Fails as Initiate, with brief observations and references.

Handwritten notes cite Western Mono tales 19, 20, and 21: Birds promise Coyote he will be an eagle. Birds fly away; Coyote climbs tree, jumps off, and hits the ground hard. Kills a gopher in consolation. Undated.

Handwritten notes on a lined note card titled "Coyote -- Frightened Narcissus," listing folk tales which feature Coyote being frightened of his reflection. American Indian tribes noted include the Laguna [Western Keres], Hopi, and Northern Shoshone. Also noted: "Dying of thirst, runs from reflection." Includes citations. Undated.

Handwritten note cites Washington Matthews, 'Navaho Legends,' p. 97: Coyote loses his skin to Otters, who get their skins back by jumping in water. Coyote taunts the Otters; the Otters get Spiders to trap him. The Otters kill Coyote, and Swallows tear his skin into strips, which they put around their heads. Undated.

Handwritten list of citations includes references to Laguna, Isleta, Hopi, and Acoma and the work of Franz Boas, Elsie Clews Parsons, K.T. Preuss, James Teit and others. Also references South African mythology by Edouard Jacottet (Basuto) and George McCall Theal (Kaffir). Mentions Uncle Remus and the leaning tree and a South African tale of the jackal and leopardess. Other animals mentioned include fox, grasshopper, and pig. Undated.

Two undated half-pages, typed and hand-written, headed "Bungling Host - Coyote imitates Rattlesnake," contain bibliographical references to a common myth motif of mimicking a rattlesnake's tail or tongue, as told by tribes including the Hopi, Sia and Laguna.