One of the Similarities is that they both involve tricking and authoritative figure figure. Both the king and the thunder god have authority over the trickster. In both stories the tricksters get what they want from the god/king. In both "Coyote Steals Fire" and "Master Cat" the tricksters both lie and cheat to get what they want. Coyote cheats the thunder god into giving away fire, master cat tricks the king into giving away his daughter’s hand in marriage.
The two trickster tales,coyote steal fire and how stories came to earth are so similar. The trickster Anansi and Coyote are extreme smart and cunning otherwise they wouldn 't have been successful in their plans. When the stories are reviewed and looked at their traits
For example, both of these texts share the setting of a cold climate. Plus, the men in both stories have an amazing sense of direction and know where they are going without being able to see tracks from those who have come before them. Also, the boy and dog aid the men on their quests. In Powder the father treats the boy as something to protect, but in To Build a Fire the man uses the dog as an "experiment" just to make sure that he himself didn't get cold feet. Furthermore, in Powder the man and boy aid each other and their relationship grows, whereas in To Build a Fire the relationship starts out fine then as the story progresses the man uses the dog instead of caring for him.
For example, there are antagonists in both of the stories. But there are many more similarities than that. Similarities In the story “Three Billy Goats Gruff” there are two different countries telling the story. One is Norway, and the other country is Poland/Germany.
Trickster Tales “ Fool i'm taking you to pay for the Sky God's stories.” This folktale came from the story How Stories Came to Earth. Every time Anasi captured the animals he would call them fools and took them to the Sky God. How Stories Came to Earth, and Coyote Steals Fire are folktales that have several similarities and differences.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas and A Christmas Carol are two very similar stories. In the stories A Christmas Carol and How The Grinch Stole Christmas, there are two characters who are a good example of this. A Christmas Carol is a story about a grumpy old man named Ebenezer Scrooge who only cares about money and needs to be taught a lesson. The story teaches a very good lesson, and modern authors still draw from it’s storyline. They also draw from the lessons it teaches while people read it.
Anthropomorphism is also a key element in “Coyote Steals Fire” the same way it is in “How Stories Came to Earth. One way the story demonstrates anthropomorphism is Coyote’s ability to talk. Coyote uses his ability to talk to talk to one character in the story, Thunder. Coyote’s ability to talk is an ability regular coyotes do not have. Coyote talks to Thunder and says to him, “Let us play a game of dice” (Erdoes and Ortiz 45).
Likewise, they share a common theme that man should not disobey the gods. The outcome when man disobeys the gods is always bad. Man should not try to be like the gods by disobeying them. Both stories have their own gods and protagonist who disobeyed the gods.
Both the gods found love in some type of way but there were more differences than similarities. Coyote has many myths where he tricks the women and rapes them in some type of way. Wether its changing himself into a reed and entering between a women legs, changing into a salmon, having sex with his own daughters or when pleasuring himself with his wife genitals, Coyotes ways of love were all vile in some type of way in the myths. Coyote, in most of his myths, does whatever he wants, making them more horrifying and gruesome than romanic. Lots of his myths involved rape.
One of the more obvious similarities is that both tricksters in both stories are animals. Another similarity in these stories is they both share anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism is giving animals
The lesson that I took from both stories is that neglecting the rules has consequences and in both stories characters suffer because of this. Coyote and the Buffalo is a Native American creation myth about a coyote who stumbles across the bones of his enemy, the buffalo. Coyote is overjoyed and kicks dirt on the bones and spits on them. Suddenly Buffalo comes back to life and tries to kill Coyote,
The story of Popol Vuh and the book of Genesis are almost the same. These stories have so much in common you would think they were written by the same person. They also have their differences that help tell them apart. The similarities and differences suggest some things about myths around the world.
The stories “How Stories Came to Earth”, “Coyote Steals Fire”, and “Master Cat: Puss in Boots” all use anthropomorphism to tell the story. The definition of anthropomorphism is when inanimate objects, animals and gods reflect human qualities. In the story, “How Stories Came to Earth”, Anansi, Aso, Nyame, and the four creatures all show personification, which contribute to anthropomorphism. Anansi is a determined and tricky spider who desires the stories that Nyame possesses. He asks for advice to his wife, Aso, and she answers him.
Both creation stories share similar qualities, they help us understand the meaning of life, and how it was created to become what was perceived today. It shows the similarities between the two religions, and how they demonstrate the beginning to a new start. God and Sky Women share similar traits in common because they were both leaders, that have power and strength to change things and have specific goals which could better life and how people treat it. They both establish the differences between each new day, and what could possibly
Even though both of these stories include the theme of reaching for something you don’t quite have may be in place in totally different texts that use their imagery in different ways, you can still find similar themes in both pieces of
