Reading Notes: The Theft of Fire

The story begins with the coyote seeking to steal fire for the Indians. He first goes in there and you think that he will be able to steal it by himself, but that is not the case. He needed help from the Indian to distract the people he is stealing it from. When retelling this story I think that I could have someone come from the future and tell the coyote that he needs to steal it and provide the distraction. This would be someone from the tribe in the future helping to make sure the tribe survives and thrives. His distraction would be a little different than running by the people that have the fire.

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In The Theft of Fire from Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by Katharine Berry Judson (1912)