The Nez Perce believe that this figure killed a giant monster by cutting its heart out from the inside, using its entrails to name different tribes, while other stories credit him with creating the world by kicking a ball of mud.
In one tradition, this figure killed a baby by letting it suck on a piece of flint, and later burned a rock to death after it started to chase him. He created the Multnomah Falls in order to provide a bathing pool for his beloved, according to Chinook legend, and another myth states that one of his eyes got stuck in the sky while he was juggling, where it became the star Arcturus. The Nez Perce believe that this figure killed a giant monster by cutting its heart out from the inside, using its entrails to name different tribes, while other stories credit him with creating the world by kicking a ball of mud. For 10 points, name this canine Native American trickster deity.
In one tradition, this figure killed a baby by letting it suck on a piece of flint, and later burned a rock to death after it started to chase him.
Coyote