For 10 points, name this Native American trickster god and common wild animal of the Southwest.
In one story, when his son is fatally bitten by a rattlesnake, this mythological character pleads for his life, only to be reminded that he had asserted previously that the dead should stay dead. In Wasco myth, he helps the Spirit Chief destroy Thunderbird. Prometheus-like, he steals fire from the mountain of the Fire Beings for humans, and he kicked a ball of mud to create the first man. For 10 points, name this Native American trickster god and common wild animal of the Southwest.
In one story, when his son is fatally bitten by a rattlesnake, this mythological character pleads for his life, only to be reminded that he had asserted previously that the dead should stay dead.
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