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