# Coyotes — Zuni Folktales character guide

> Coyotes in Zuni Folktales by Frank Hamilton Cushing.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Coyotes, Those Coyotes, the little Coyotes, The Coyotes, their

**First appearance:** 0001-zuni-folktales

## Who they are

A group of coyote characters who act together in certain tales.

## In the story

### [How the Coyotes Tried to Steal the Children of the Sacred Dance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/chapters/how-the-coyotes-tried-to-steal-the-children-of-the-sacred-dance)

The four tribes of Coyotes who assemble and attempt to climb Thunder Mountain in a chain.

### [How the Turtle Out Hunting Duped the Coyote](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/chapters/how-the-turtle-out-hunting-duped-the-coyote)

The Coyote's family, including cubs and the old woman, are tricked by the Turtle with a hot pudding filled with fire-ants and later crushed by falling ribs.

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