Coyote appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.

Deities

Coyote

Deities

Tradition · Native American Plains
Alternate Names
TricksterOld Man CoyoteFirst Creator
Gender Expression
Masculine trickster
Titles
The TricksterSacred FoolChaos TeacherCreator Through MistakesFirst Screw-Up
Domain
TrickeryChaosTeaching through mistakesSacred disruptionSurvivalAdaptabilityHumor
Planetary Correspondence
Mercury
Secondary Planets
Uranus
Elemental Correspondence
AirFire
Zodiac Affinity
GeminiSagittarius
Correspondences
Colors
BrownGreyEarth tonesWild colors
Scents
SageDesert airSmoke
Metals
Copper
Animals
CoyoteCrowRaven
Sacred Timing
Sabbats
—
Hours
Unpredictable
Offerings
TobaccoCornmealFood scrapsLaughterMistakes acknowledgedActs of sacred foolishnessAdaptability
Invocation Approach
Tone
Playful respect for chaos teacher
Address
CoyoteTricksterOld Man
Relationship
Teacher through chaos and humor
Warning
Will teach through making you look foolish
Resonance
Those learning through mistakes and chaos
Symbols
CoyoteDesertFireMistakes
Mythology Summary

Native American trickster deity who creates through mistakes and chaos. Sometimes creator, always disruptor. Teaches through making mistakes, getting caught, being foolish. Represents that chaos teaches, that mistakes are sacred, that humor is survival tool. Sacred fool who reveals truth through absurdity.

Modern Practice

Patron of tricksters, those learning through mistakes, survivors. Invoked for navigating chaos, finding humor in difficulty, sacred disruption. Teaches that mistakes are teachers, that chaos serves, that foolishness reveals wisdom.

Related Deities
LokiAnansiHermes

Animal totems

Tradition · Folk Western
Element
Air
Direction
East
Keywords
TricksterSurvivalAdaptationHumour
Medicine
ClevernessEnduranceImprovisationLaughter
Shadow Aspect
DeceitScavengingMischief
Magical Uses
Trickster workSurvivalAdaptationHumour
When Appears
A joke that is also a lessonSurvival by wit

Referenced by 15

Every entry that names Coyote, grouped by the system it comes from.

☥ Deities 10

⚒ Ritual tools 3

  • Drum Associated Deities
  • Rattle Associated Deities
  • Bones Associated Deities

☯ Archetypes 1

🐾 Animal totems 1