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Coyote Steals Fire

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“Fool, I am taking you to pay for the sky-god’s stories.” This quote came from the Trickster Tale “How Stories Came to Earth”. This is what happens when Anansi captures creatures for the Sky-Gods stories. “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Coyote Steals Fire” are two trickster tales that have similarities and differences. “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Coyote Steals Fire” are similar in many ways. One of the first similarities in these stories is anthropomorphism. Some examples of anthropomorphism are a gambling coyote for fire, or a talking cat with a sack and boots. They also both achieve their goals, like coyote wanted fire so he cheated his way through it and ended up getting fire for everyone to share and spread around the world. Anansi
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