Nez Perce Culture Analysis

In the Nez Perce culture the trickster took the form of a coyote and was the hero. There was a monster that came and ate all the animals from the earth, but did get the coyote because he tied himself to a mountain and the monster could not reach him. Over time they became friends and the coyote started missing his old friends and wished to visit them. The monster allows the coyote to go into its stomach. While there the coyote builds a fire and cuts the heart out with a knife. Like the myth Hainwele, the coyote cut up the body of the monster and distributed it around the world, thus creating the Nez Perce tribe and several others. In the book Tricked by Kevin Hearne, Attus is being hunted by the Norse thunder-god and turns to the coyote, a …show more content…
Dora the Explore is a children’s show that many people just watch for fun, but little do they know there is some underlying message behind the story line. Swiper is a cunning fox that pops out from the brushes and tries to deter her from accomplishing goals. He sometimes even is able to steal some of Dora and Boots things making their mission hard to pass. Swiper costumes is a blue mask, which draws attention to his beady eyes, and blue gloves. His smile is a crooked smirk which exposes all his sharp teeth. Another example would be Robbie Rotten from the Nick Jr. television show Lazy Town. Robbie Rotten was a low- life thief trying to steal and cheat his way through life. Other examples of modern day tricksters are the Hamburglar, both Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny, Mr. Crocker, even Rumpelstiltskin. All these character have in common the fact they try to outwit someone or something in a deceitful way. Introducing children to trickster at such a young is setting them up to understand the difference between right and wrong. By seeing it so young parent can instill a good since of morality into the child. Knowing the difference between right and wrong is what will keep the children from becoming like Swiper or any of those other