{"id":22024,"date":"2022-08-04T00:04:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T00:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=22024"},"modified":"2022-08-04T00:06:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T00:06:33","slug":"conte-cheyenne-coyote-dances-with-a-star","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cheyenne-arapaho-mythology\/tale-cheyenne-coyote-dances-with-a-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheyenne Tale: Coyote dances with a star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cheyenne-arapaho-mythology\/\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCheyenne-Arapaho mythology<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpeople.us\/FP-Html-Legends\/CoyoteDancesWithAStar-Cheyenne.html\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWiki<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cheyenne-arapaho-mythology\/\">Cheyennes<\/a><\/strong> are a Native American nation of the Great Plains, close allies of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cheyenne-arapaho-mythology\/\">Arapahos<\/a> and generally allies of the Lakotas (<a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-siouans-2127\/\">Sioux<\/a>). They are one of the most famous and important Plains tribes. Here is their tale: Coyote dances with a star.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Coyote dances with a star\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/cheyenne-arapaho-mythology\/tale-cheyenne-coyote-dances-with-a-star\/#Coyote-dances-with-a-star\" >Coyote dances with a star<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Coyote-dances-with-a-star\"><\/span>Coyote dances with a star<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Because the Great Mystery Power had given Coyote much of his medicine,<br \/>\nCoyote himself grew very powerful and very conceited. There was<br \/>\nnothing, he believe that he couldn&rsquo;t do. He even thought he was<br \/>\nmore powerful than the Great Mystery, for Coyote was sometimes wise<br \/>\nbut also a fool. One day long ago, it came into his mind to dance<br \/>\nwith a star. &quot;I really feel like doing this,&quot; he said.<br \/>\nHe saw a bright star coming up from behind a mountain, and called<br \/>\nout: &quot;Hoh, you star, wait and come down! I want to dance with<br \/>\nyou.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The star descended until Coyote could get hold of him, and then<br \/>\nsoared up into the sky, with Coyote hanging on for dear life. Round<br \/>\nand round the sky went the star. Coyote became very tired, and the<br \/>\narm that was holding onto the star grew numb, as if it were coming<br \/>\nout of its socket.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Star,&quot; he said, &quot;I believe I&rsquo;ve done enough dancing<br \/>\nfor now. I&rsquo;ll let go and be getting back home.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;No, wait; we&rsquo;re too high up&quot; said the star. &quot;Wait<br \/>\nuntil I come lower over the mountain where I picked you up.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Coyote looked down at the earth. He thought it seemed quite near.<br \/>\n&quot;I&rsquo;m tired, star; I think I&rsquo;ll leave now; we&rsquo;re low enough,&quot;<br \/>\nhe said, and let go.<\/p>\n<p>Coyote had made a bad mistake. He dropped down, down, down. He<br \/>\nfell for a full ten winters. He plopped through the earth clouds<br \/>\nat last and when he finally hit ground, he was flattened like a<br \/>\ntanned stretched deerskin. So he died right there.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Great Mystery Power had amused himself by giving Coyote<br \/>\nseveral lives. It took Coyote quite a few winters, however, to pull<br \/>\nhimself up again and into his old shape. He had grown quite a bit<br \/>\nolder in all that time, but he had not grown less foolish. he boasted:<br \/>\n&quot;Who besides me could dance with stars, and fall out of the<br \/>\nsky for ten long winters, and be flattened out like a deer hide,<br \/>\nand live to tell the tale? I am Coyote. I am powerful. I can do anything.<\/p>\n<p>Coyote was sitting in front of his lodge one night, when from behind<br \/>\nthe mountain here rose a strange kind of star, a very fast one,<br \/>\ntrailing a long, shining tail. Coyote said to himself: &quot;Look<br \/>\nat that fast star, what fun to dance with him!&quot; He called out:<br \/>\n&quot;Ho, strange star with the long tail! Wait for me; come down;<br \/>\nlet&rsquo;s dance!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The strange, fast star shot down, and Coyote grabbed hold. The<br \/>\nstar whirled off into the vastness of the universe. Again Coyote<br \/>\nhad made a bad mistake. Looking up from his lodge into the sky,<br \/>\nhe had no idea of that star&rsquo;s real speed. It was the fastest thing<br \/>\nin the universe. It whirled Coyote around so swiftly that first<br \/>\none and then the other of his legs dropped off. Bit by bit, small<br \/>\npieces of Coyote were torn off in this mad race through the skies,<br \/>\nuntil at last only Coyote&rsquo;s right hand was holding onto that fast star.<\/p>\n<p>Coyote fell back down to earth in little pieces, a bit here and<br \/>\na bit there. But soon the pieces started looking for each other,<br \/>\nslowly coming together, forming up into Coyote again. It took a<br \/>\nlong time&#8211;several winters. At last Coyote was whole again except<br \/>\nfor his right hand, which was still whirling around in space with<br \/>\nthe star. Coyote called out: &quot;Great Mystery! I was wrong. I&rsquo;m<br \/>\nnot as powerful as you. I&rsquo;m not as powerful as I thought. Have pity<br \/>\non me!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Then the Great Mystery Power spoke: &quot;Friend Coyote. I have<br \/>\ngiven your four lives. Two you have already wasted foolishly. Better<br \/>\nwatch out!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Have pity on me,&quot; wailed Coyote. &quot;Give me back<br \/>\nmy right hand.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That&rsquo;s up to the star with the long tail, my friend. You<br \/>\nmust have patience. Wait until the star appears to you, rising from<br \/>\nbehind the mountain again. then maybe he will shake your hand off.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;How often does this star come over the mountain?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Once in a hundred lifetimes,&quot; said the Great Mystery.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheyenne-Arapaho Mythology Wiki The Cheyenne are a Native American nation of the Great Plains, close allies of the Arapaho and generally allies of the Lakota... <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3895,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22024","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22024"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22028,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22024\/revisions\/22028"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}