Sterling Silver Howling Coyote with Brass Moon.  Approx. 9/16" wide x 1 3/4" dangle

In North American Indian literature, Coyote holds a unique position as one of the First Peoples, in this role he helped prepare the world for the coming of humans. He is often referred to as a creator of "the world-as-it-is". In this role, he serves as a guide to the landscape, which he helped to prepare for humans, as well as a comic figure who is constantly tampering with the original creation of the world. As one of the First Peoples, Coyote embodies qualities of animals and humans, thus the term 'transformer' as well as trickster is used to define his actions. He is cunning and adaptable, inquisitive and mobile, he enjoys thievery for the trickery. He sings, seduces, eats and drinks too much, true to the trickster motif; he makes and embodies a world appropriate for human imperfections. It has been suggested by some tribes that Coyote invented death to make humans take life seriously.