Porcupine In Plains Indian Stories

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Secured with a defensive layer of

slim, sharp, empty quills, the porcupine gets away from its

foes by raising them threateningly. Local

Americans esteemed porcupine quill for quill working, a

handle in which colored quills were utilized to enrich a

wide assortment of things—cut sheaths,

tobacco sacks, bison robes, and formal attire.

Legends frequently portray plume functioning as the sacrosanct blessing

of a culture legend or champion, for example, Anog Ite, the

Twofold FACED WOMAN.

Porcupine shows up in different stories as the friend

of COYOTE or BEAVER. In Plains Indian stories,

Coyote often ran bison chasing with Porcupine

also, deceived him out of his share of the meat. In

Micmac mythology, Porcupine controlled

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