TRICKSTER

Why the Flint Rock Cannot Fight Back

Origin Myth of Snutali

  1. Coyote as Trickster, Coyote was married to mole
  1. Sto-Way'Na Flint was rich and powerful who was guarded by Crane
  1. Flint only shared hardstone to hunters and warriors who can pay a lot of money. Flint turned away all poor people.

4.Power gave Coyote three rocks that were harder than Flints rock and a little dog with one razor sharp ear.

5.Coyote tricked Flint into having a race with him. Coyotes wife Mole helped Coyote beat Flint.

6.Coyote hit Flint with his powerful medicine rocks and chipped away at Flints body. Now all warriors and hunters can access flint rock and to use for free to make weapons and arrowheads.

7.Coyote made Flint dead stone and is senseless and cannot fight back.

8.This story happens before the New People came

click to edit

  1. Alqunatam created the four fathers of all men kind who can go to earth.
  1. Kaliakis chose the raven cloak and came down to earth with his 2 brothers and sisters

click to edit

  1. Kaliakis is Raven who goes to the east and brings back Abalone shells then Raven goes to the west and brings back some copper
  1. Kaliakis and his two brothers turned into human form and sent their raven cloaks back to Alquntam
  1. Kaliakis and his two brothers built their town site at the Bella Coola called Snutali
  1. Kaliakis was named The Copper One at his potlatch and they had lots of goat meat to eat.
  1. Kaliakis wanted to bring light to man kind as they lived in semi darkness. He knew the only way to get the light from Alquntam's house.
  1. He took the form of raven again and put himself in Alquntam's daughter and Raven was born to her as a son.
  1. The little son stole the bag which contained the sun and then Raven flew back to earth and brought the sun to humans on earth.