Me

Hello. My name is Akbaatatdia. You may know me as Coyote. That isn't quite my full name. I am a person of many identities. To the Crow, I am known as Akbaatatdia or Old Man Coyote in their language. I am a rather famous person to all of the the first peoples of North America. Anywhere that you travel, the native peoples will speak of me. In the South, I am known as a trickster. They even call me Coyote the Trickster or Ma'ii. I personally like the plains tribes and the people in or near Montana. To them, I am a creator, but I will let you in on a little secret. I'm not really the creator. I can give life to mud and make new animals by simply stating their name, but their is really greater power above me. I cannot speak their names though. They are to sacred. Anyway, I am really popular to Native Americans and everyone knows me. Just by different names.

As you can see above, I am not like you. We are similar, just not above the shoulders. I walk on two legs just like you and wear clothes too. The only difference is that I have the head of a coyote. For the Egyptian gods out there, I can be compared to Anubis. I wear moccasins on my feet and buckskin pants. I am used to wearing the clothing of the people who associate with me.

I don't have a very large family. Just very many friends. Raven, one of my best friends, helped me create the world in one version of creation. The Salish have seen me with Mole and think that we are married but honestly, she is just a friend. One of my favorite beings, my brother, is my animal counterpart. Coyote is a great friend. We can talk to each other and we have lots of fun. I do have very many friends though. I once though that I should mock them in their personal business, but quickly learned my lesson not to. It was a painful experience.

I am known as a trickster across America. I was given the gift of cunning from the ones above. It was an accident when I tried to become known as the strongest animal... I shouldn't have run around the world... Sorry. Anyways, I am very smart and know how to get what I want. I am a medicine man to. I can give life to animals that were once just a lump of clay in my hands. I have to be careful how I use my powers though. They can be revoked by the ones above. Sometimes though, I am not very smart. For instance, as I said before, I tried to mock my friends and only ended up injured. Also I tried to become the strongest animal. I didn't think that I would get tired from running around the world but I did. Sometimes I just don't think things through. Well that is a quick bio on me. Hope you enjoyed and learned more about the best god of all.