Coyote Steals Fire Vs Master Cat

Trickster Tales “Uncle, I won,” said Coyote. “Hand over the Fire.” This is a quote take from Trickster Tale, “Coyote Steals Fire.” In this story a Coyote and his uncle Thunder were playing a game of dice for the fire and Coyote wins the game of dice. “Coyote Steals Fire,” and Master Cat” are trickster tales that contain similarities and differences
There are many similarities between, “Coyote Steals Fire,” and “Master Cat.” In both stories the tricksters had a goal to achieve. In “Coyote Steals Fire” his goal was to get the fire from Thunder. Thunder was the big guy who everyone was afraid of. Thunder kept the fire on top of a big mountain so nobody could get the fire. “Master Cat” had a goal to get the Mill owners son a wife. So that the …show more content…
In the story “Coyote Steals Fire” he was a coyote meanwhile in “Master Cat” he was a cat. In “Coyote Steals Fire” there was a god and in “Master Cat” there was a king. In “Coyote Steals Fire” women were viewed less than men because the female teeth were only one point in the game of dice while men teeth were two points. In “Master Cat” women were viewed as prizes. That means women were a winning prize and every man should have one. Like the king’s daughter everyone wanted her. In “Coyote Steals Fire” he cheats against Thunder to get what he wants. He turns his dice ‘teeth’ to get higher points, he also takes sticks when Thunder isn't looking. Meanwhile in “Master Cat’ the cat lies and cons the king to get what he needed for the mill owners son. The cat tells the king that the mill owners son had all this land and he lives in a big castle and he is rich when he actually is very poor.
There were many similarities and differences in the two trickster tales “Coyote Steals Fire,” and “Master Cat.” Image if Coyote wasn't alive and the world never got the fire. The world would be a dark, cold, boring place to live without the