Post by Mysti on Jul 4, 2007 7:04:40 GMT -5
MagickShaman : When Coyote Was the Moon
MagickShaman : (Kalispel Idaho)
MagickShaman : A long time ago there was no moon. The people got tired of going around at night in the dark. There had been a moon before, but someone stole it. So they gathered together and talked about it.
MagickShaman : “We need to have a moon,” they said. “Who will be the moon?” “I will do it,” said Yellow Fox. They placed him in the sky. But he shone so brightly that he made things hot at night. Thus they had to take him down.
MagickShaman : Then the people went to coyote. “Would you like to be the moon? Do you think you could do a better job?”
MagickShaman : “I sure would,” Coyote said. Then he smiled, he had been the one to steal the moon in the first place. He knew that if he became the moon He could look down and see everything that was happening on Earth.
MagickShaman : They placed Coyote up in the sky. He did not make the nights hot and bright. For a time the people were pleased.
MagickShaman : “Coyote is doing a good job as the moon,” they agreed.
MagickShaman : But Coyote, up in the sky, could see everything that was happening on Earth. He could see whenever someone did something they were not supposed to do and he just couldn’t keep quiet.
MagickShaman : “Hey,” he would shout, so loudly everyone on Earth could hear him, “That man is stealing meat from the drying racks.” He would look down over people’s shoulders as they played games in the moonlight. “Hey,” he would shout, “that person there is cheating
MagickShaman : Finally, all the people who wished to do things in secret got together. “Take Coyote out of the sky,” they said. “He is making to much noise with all his shouting.”
MagickShaman : But what about the moon? So they sent their best trackers out to find where Coyote had hidden the moon.
MagickShaman : They found the moon hidden in a cave. They released it back into the night sky
MagickShaman : So Coyote was taken out of the sky.
MagickShaman : Coyote could no longer see what everyone on Earth was doing, but that hasn’t stopped him from still trying to snoop into everyone else’s business ever since.
MagickShaman : (Kalispel Idaho)
MagickShaman : A long time ago there was no moon. The people got tired of going around at night in the dark. There had been a moon before, but someone stole it. So they gathered together and talked about it.
MagickShaman : “We need to have a moon,” they said. “Who will be the moon?” “I will do it,” said Yellow Fox. They placed him in the sky. But he shone so brightly that he made things hot at night. Thus they had to take him down.
MagickShaman : Then the people went to coyote. “Would you like to be the moon? Do you think you could do a better job?”
MagickShaman : “I sure would,” Coyote said. Then he smiled, he had been the one to steal the moon in the first place. He knew that if he became the moon He could look down and see everything that was happening on Earth.
MagickShaman : They placed Coyote up in the sky. He did not make the nights hot and bright. For a time the people were pleased.
MagickShaman : “Coyote is doing a good job as the moon,” they agreed.
MagickShaman : But Coyote, up in the sky, could see everything that was happening on Earth. He could see whenever someone did something they were not supposed to do and he just couldn’t keep quiet.
MagickShaman : “Hey,” he would shout, so loudly everyone on Earth could hear him, “That man is stealing meat from the drying racks.” He would look down over people’s shoulders as they played games in the moonlight. “Hey,” he would shout, “that person there is cheating
MagickShaman : Finally, all the people who wished to do things in secret got together. “Take Coyote out of the sky,” they said. “He is making to much noise with all his shouting.”
MagickShaman : But what about the moon? So they sent their best trackers out to find where Coyote had hidden the moon.
MagickShaman : They found the moon hidden in a cave. They released it back into the night sky
MagickShaman : So Coyote was taken out of the sky.
MagickShaman : Coyote could no longer see what everyone on Earth was doing, but that hasn’t stopped him from still trying to snoop into everyone else’s business ever since.