Coyotes in popular culture
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The coyote is a popular figure in folklore
and popular culture
. References may invoke either the animal coyote
(a wild canine native to North America), or the mythological figure Coyote
, common to many myths of the indigenous peoples of the Americas
. Traits commonly described include inventiveness, mischievousness, and evasiveness.
or culture hero
(or both), and also often appears in creation myths and just-so stories
.
is a third party logistics company based out of Chicago, IL. Named fastest growing logistics company in 2010, INC Magazine reported Three-Year Growth at 13,846.8%
Coyote appears as a mythological trickster character in Buffalo Gals by Ursula Le Guin, Coyote Blue
by Christopher Moore - which features the Native American trickster god, and Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King, among others. In Summerland by Michael Chabon
, Coyote is the primary antagonist, who tries to destroy the world so that he can change his status from "Changer" (trickster) to "Maker", and create a universe all of his own.
The character appears in stranger guises in The Nagasaki Vector by L. Neil Smith
, as a cyborg who specializes in scent tracking, and in Sky Coyote
by Kage Baker
, wherein the role of "Sky Coyote" is taken on by the cyborg
Joseph in order to convince a Chumash community in California
to evacuate in advance of European exploration. Baker's Sky Coyote ties in the cartoon character Wile E. Coyote, as well. In a series of novels by Michael Bergey, including New Coyote and Coyote Season, Coyote reincarnates as a genetically engineered coyote to learn how to use science as well as magic.
Coyote is mentioned in Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel American Gods.
Coyote appears as an animal in The Book of Sorrows
by Walter Wangerin, Jr.
, wherein scrawny Ferric accidentally sets in motion a chain of events that bring Heaven and Hell crashing down upon the land.
A pack of Arizona desert coyotes are portrayed as nuisances when they harass a cowardly Great Dane and his friends in Bill Wallace's children's book, Watchdog and the Coyotes. The same author also wrote Coyote Summer, in which a twelve-year-old boy rescues and raises an orphaned pup after hunters kill its family.
In The Mercedes Thompson Series by Patricia Briggs
(such as the sixth book, River Marked), the eponymous main character is a Walker, who able to shape-shift into a coyote.
In The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne (particularly in book two, Hexed), Coyote is portrayed as a trickster god who intervenes on behalf of Native Americans to protect them from a fallen angel released in book one, Hounded. In the series, there exists a separate Coyote for each tribe who believes in him, and each can come back from the dead whenever he is killed. The Coyote featured in the series represents the Diné (Navajo).
Coyote is a character in the webcomic Gunnerkrigg Court
. He is the mythological Coyote
who moved to the United Kingdom and has been using his trickery on the behalf of fantastic beings.
A cartoon coyote is featured in the Grant Morrison
comic book Animal Man
. In the chapter called "The Coyote Gospel", he is sick of the cycle of violence in cartoons, and so is placed in Animal Man's "comic" world, where he is depicted as a more realistic anthropomorphic coyote. He repeatedly dies and comes back to life in exchange for the violence in his world ending, a form of religious allegory.
Other cartoon appearances include Calamity Coyote
in Tiny Toon Adventures
, Bent-Tail and Bent-Tail Jr., who appear in some animated Disney shorts, and Coyote, the name of a series of robots in the Gargoyles
series. (The mythical Coyote the trickster also makes an appearance in the Gargoyles episode "Cloud Fathers".)
The manga series BLEACH
features a character named Coyote Starrk. When he releases his Zanpakuto named Los Lobos he gains the appearance of a wild west gunslinger and the ability to summon a pack of wolves.
The Coyote comic series
features a lead hero/trickster character similar to the mythical versions of the Coyote, as well as a modern interpretation of a half-man/half-coyote hero. The trickster-god Coyote appears in the webcomic
Gunnerkrigg Court
, his actions having far reaching consequences in the story. The Sonic the Hedgehog comic book features Antoine D'Coolette, a cowardly coyote with good intentions, and Patch, Antione's opposite number from a mirror universe, known for being cunning, deceptive, and cruel.
The cartoon coyote Wilber is the official mascot for GIMP
(GNU Image Manipulation Program), a free raster graphics editor. He was created in 1997.
Wile E. Coyote could be considered an instance of the buffoon version of the Coyote myth. Wile E. Coyote. is a popular character in the Looney Tunes
and Merrie Melodies
series
of cartoons
, distributed by Warner Bros.
, who is endlessly trying to catch and eat an extremely fast Road Runner
with his tricks, many of which involve technology or Rube Goldberg machines. His efforts are always futile, and he usually harms himself in the effort. It is likely that the stereotype of Coyote-as-trickster helped form the basis of this protagonist. The cartoon character Wile E. Coyote has a comically exaggerated nose, tail and ears, inspired by the appearance of the real animal. (Many of the other Warner Brothers cartoon characters also share some qualities with the trickster Coyote, especially Daffy Duck
and Bugs Bunny
.)
Coyote appears in the comic book series Spirit of the Wolf, created by Sean Collins & published by Wild Wolf Entertainment LLC
has an episode ("El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer
") where a coyote voiced by music legend Johnny Cash
plays the role of a Spirit Guide, who Homer Simpson refers to as the "Space Coyote." When Space Coyote instinctively starts gnawing on Homer's leg he quickly stops and apologizes by saying, "Sorry. I am a coyote."
In the movie Coyote Ugly, Lil, the bar owner, explains that she named her bar after the slang term "coyote ugly", which refers to the feeling of waking up after a one night stand and discovering that you are beside someone who is so physically repulsive that you would gladly gnaw off any of your limbs that he or she is sleeping on just so you can get away without being discovered. Many wild animals, including coyotes, will gnaw off limbs in order to escape traps.
Computer-animated movies and TV shows have featured Tommy the Coyote (Father of the Pride
) and Dag (Barnyard: The Original Party Animals
).
In colonial Mexico, "coyote" was used as a name for a person of mixed Mestizo
and Amerindian ancestry, similar to "cholo
".
ice hockey team is the Phoenix Coyotes
.
The San Antonio Spurs
NBA basketball team has used a coyote character (created by Tim Derk) as its mascot since 1983. To learn more about Tim Derk and his time as the Spurs' mascot, you can read his book Hi Mom, Send Sheep! My Life as the Coyote and After (Trinity University Press, 2006). The Coyote is also the mascot of several college and university athletic teams, including those of the University of South Dakota
, California State University, San Bernardino
, and The College of Idaho.
In White Wolf, Inc.
's roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse
, Coyote is a Totem for the Nuwisha (were-coyotes), as well as some of the Garou (werewolves).
's song 3 a.m.
, there is a lyric that goes "I ain't out there to cheat you, see I killed that damn coyote in me" referring to the traditional habit of the trickster god Coyote to cheat people according to Native American mythology.
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
and popular culture
Popular culture
Popular culture is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the...
. References may invoke either the animal coyote
Coyote
The coyote , also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf, is a species of canine found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada...
(a wild canine native to North America), or the mythological figure Coyote
Coyote (mythology)
Coyote is a mythological character common to many Native American cultures, based on the coyote animal. This character is usually male and is generally anthropomorphic although he may have some coyote-like physical features such as fur, pointed ears, yellow eyes, a tail and claws...
, common to many myths of the indigenous peoples of the Americas
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
. Traits commonly described include inventiveness, mischievousness, and evasiveness.
In folklore
Coyote is a mythological figure common to many Native American cultures, based on the coyote animal. This character is usually male and is generally anthropomorphic. The myths and legends which include Coyote vary widely from culture to culture. He can play the role of tricksterTrickster
In mythology, and in the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a god, goddess, spirit, man, woman, or anthropomorphic animal who plays tricks or otherwise disobeys normal rules and conventional behavior. It is suggested by Hansen that the term "Trickster" was probably first used in this...
or culture hero
Culture hero
A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to some group who changes the world through invention or discovery...
(or both), and also often appears in creation myths and just-so stories
Just-so story
A just-so story, also called the ad hoc fallacy, is a term used in academic anthropology, biological sciences, social sciences, and philosophy. It describes an unverifiable and unfalsifiable narrative explanation for a cultural practice, a biological trait, or behavior of humans or other animals...
.
In the business world
Coyote LogisticsCoyote Logistics
Coyote Logistics LLC, is a third-party logistics company that was founded by Jeff Silver an MBA graduate of the University of Michigan, and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Coyote Logistics was founded on April 1, 2006...
is a third party logistics company based out of Chicago, IL. Named fastest growing logistics company in 2010, INC Magazine reported Three-Year Growth at 13,846.8%
In literature
A one-person play, According to Coyote, is based upon the Plateau folk tales about Coyote.Coyote appears as a mythological trickster character in Buffalo Gals by Ursula Le Guin, Coyote Blue
Coyote Blue
Coyote Blue is the second novel by Christopher Moore, published in 1994.The plot concerns a salesman in Santa Barbara, California named Sam Hunter who, as a teenager, fled his home when he was involved in the death of a law officer...
by Christopher Moore - which features the Native American trickster god, and Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King, among others. In Summerland by Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon born May 24, 1963) is an American author and "one of the most celebrated writers of his generation", according to The Virginia Quarterly Review....
, Coyote is the primary antagonist, who tries to destroy the world so that he can change his status from "Changer" (trickster) to "Maker", and create a universe all of his own.
The character appears in stranger guises in The Nagasaki Vector by L. Neil Smith
L. Neil Smith
L. Neil Smith , also known to readers and fans as El Neil, is a libertarian science fiction author and political activist. He was born on May 12, 1946 in Denver...
, as a cyborg who specializes in scent tracking, and in Sky Coyote
Sky Coyote
Sky Coyote is a science fiction novel of The Company by Kage Baker. It is the second in the series which began with In The Garden of Iden and continues with Mendoza in Hollywood.-Plot introduction:...
by Kage Baker
Kage Baker
Kage Baker was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.- Biography :Baker was born in Hollywood, California and lived there and in Pismo Beach most of her life. Before becoming a professional writer she spent many years in theater, including teaching Elizabethan English as a second language...
, wherein the role of "Sky Coyote" is taken on by the cyborg
Cyborg
A cyborg is a being with both biological and artificial parts. The term was coined in 1960 when Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline used it in an article about the advantages of self-regulating human-machine systems in outer space. D. S...
Joseph in order to convince a Chumash community in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
to evacuate in advance of European exploration. Baker's Sky Coyote ties in the cartoon character Wile E. Coyote, as well. In a series of novels by Michael Bergey, including New Coyote and Coyote Season, Coyote reincarnates as a genetically engineered coyote to learn how to use science as well as magic.
Coyote is mentioned in Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel American Gods.
Coyote appears as an animal in The Book of Sorrows
The Book of Sorrows
The Book of Sorrows is the sequel novel to Walter Wangerin, Jr.'s The Book of the Dun Cow. Published by Zondervan in 1985, it was received quite well by such known publications as the Washington post, who called it, "A beautifully written fantasy anchored starkly in reality." Readers noted it...
by Walter Wangerin, Jr.
Walter Wangerin, Jr.
Walter Wangerin, Jr. is an award-winning American author and educator best known for his religious novels and children's books.-Biography:...
, wherein scrawny Ferric accidentally sets in motion a chain of events that bring Heaven and Hell crashing down upon the land.
A pack of Arizona desert coyotes are portrayed as nuisances when they harass a cowardly Great Dane and his friends in Bill Wallace's children's book, Watchdog and the Coyotes. The same author also wrote Coyote Summer, in which a twelve-year-old boy rescues and raises an orphaned pup after hunters kill its family.
In The Mercedes Thompson Series by Patricia Briggs
Patricia Briggs
Patricia Briggs is an American author, well-known for the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series. Briggs was born in Butte, Montana, and lived in various cities in the Pacific Northwest...
(such as the sixth book, River Marked), the eponymous main character is a Walker, who able to shape-shift into a coyote.
In The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne (particularly in book two, Hexed), Coyote is portrayed as a trickster god who intervenes on behalf of Native Americans to protect them from a fallen angel released in book one, Hounded. In the series, there exists a separate Coyote for each tribe who believes in him, and each can come back from the dead whenever he is killed. The Coyote featured in the series represents the Diné (Navajo).
In comics, manga, and cartoons
Gunnerkrigg Court
Gunnerkrigg Court is a science-fantasy webcomic created by Tom Siddell and launched in April 2005. It is updated online three days a week, and the first volume of the comic was published in print format by Archaia Studios Press and Titan Books...
. He is the mythological Coyote
Coyote (mythology)
Coyote is a mythological character common to many Native American cultures, based on the coyote animal. This character is usually male and is generally anthropomorphic although he may have some coyote-like physical features such as fur, pointed ears, yellow eyes, a tail and claws...
who moved to the United Kingdom and has been using his trickery on the behalf of fantastic beings.
A cartoon coyote is featured in the Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer, playwright and occultist. He is known for his nonlinear narratives and counter-cultural leanings, as well as his successful runs on titles like Animal Man, Doom Patrol, JLA, The Invisibles, New X-Men, Fantastic Four, All-Star Superman, and...
comic book Animal Man
Animal Man (comic book)
Animal Man was a comic book ongoing series published by DC Comics and starring the superhero Animal Man. The series is best known for the run by writer Grant Morrison from issue #1 to #26 with penciller Chas Truog who stayed on the series until #32...
. In the chapter called "The Coyote Gospel", he is sick of the cycle of violence in cartoons, and so is placed in Animal Man's "comic" world, where he is depicted as a more realistic anthropomorphic coyote. He repeatedly dies and comes back to life in exchange for the violence in his world ending, a form of religious allegory.
Other cartoon appearances include Calamity Coyote
Calamity Coyote
Calamity Coyote is a cartoon character from the Warner Bros. animated television series Tiny Toon Adventures. He is one of the recurring characters from the show.-Description:...
in Tiny Toon Adventures
Tiny Toon Adventures
Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures, usually referred to as Tiny Toon Adventures or simply Tiny Toons, is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. It began production as a result of Warner Bros....
, Bent-Tail and Bent-Tail Jr., who appear in some animated Disney shorts, and Coyote, the name of a series of robots in the Gargoyles
Gargoyles (TV series)
Gargoyles is an American animated series created by Greg Weisman. It was produced by Greg Weisman and Frank Paur and aired from October 24, 1994 to February 15, 1997. Gargoyles is known for its dark tone, complex story arcs and melodrama...
series. (The mythical Coyote the trickster also makes an appearance in the Gargoyles episode "Cloud Fathers".)
The manga series BLEACH
Bleach
Bleach refers to a number of chemicals that remove color, whiten, or disinfect, often via oxidation. Common chemical bleaches include household chlorine bleach , lye, oxygen bleach , and bleaching powder...
features a character named Coyote Starrk. When he releases his Zanpakuto named Los Lobos he gains the appearance of a wild west gunslinger and the ability to summon a pack of wolves.
The Coyote comic series
Coyote (comics)
Coyote is a comic book character created by Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers.-Publication history:The characters first appeared in in Eclipse Magazine #2-8. It would later be reprinted in a color trade paperback, I Am Coyote....
features a lead hero/trickster character similar to the mythical versions of the Coyote, as well as a modern interpretation of a half-man/half-coyote hero. The trickster-god Coyote appears in the webcomic
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
Gunnerkrigg Court
Gunnerkrigg Court
Gunnerkrigg Court is a science-fantasy webcomic created by Tom Siddell and launched in April 2005. It is updated online three days a week, and the first volume of the comic was published in print format by Archaia Studios Press and Titan Books...
, his actions having far reaching consequences in the story. The Sonic the Hedgehog comic book features Antoine D'Coolette, a cowardly coyote with good intentions, and Patch, Antione's opposite number from a mirror universe, known for being cunning, deceptive, and cruel.
The cartoon coyote Wilber is the official mascot for GIMP
GIMP
GIMP is a free software raster graphics editor. It is primarily employed as an image retouching and editing tool and is freely available in versions tailored for most popular operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, and Linux.In addition to detailed image retouching and...
(GNU Image Manipulation Program), a free raster graphics editor. He was created in 1997.
Wile E. Coyote could be considered an instance of the buffoon version of the Coyote myth. Wile E. Coyote. is a popular character in the Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
and Merrie Melodies
Merrie Melodies
Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures between 1931 and 1969.Originally produced by Harman-Ising Pictures, Merrie Melodies were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions from 1933 to 1944. Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944,...
series
Cartoon series
A cartoon series is a set of regularly presented animated television programs with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes typically share the same characters and a basic theme...
of cartoons
Animated cartoon
An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot...
, distributed by Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
, who is endlessly trying to catch and eat an extremely fast Road Runner
Greater Roadrunner
The Greater Roadrunner, taxonomically classified as Geococcyx californianus, meaning "Californian Earth-cuckoo," is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae. Along with the Lesser Roadrunner, it is one of two species in the roadrunner genus Geococcyx...
with his tricks, many of which involve technology or Rube Goldberg machines. His efforts are always futile, and he usually harms himself in the effort. It is likely that the stereotype of Coyote-as-trickster helped form the basis of this protagonist. The cartoon character Wile E. Coyote has a comically exaggerated nose, tail and ears, inspired by the appearance of the real animal. (Many of the other Warner Brothers cartoon characters also share some qualities with the trickster Coyote, especially Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck
Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of Bugs Bunny...
and Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...
.)
Coyote appears in the comic book series Spirit of the Wolf, created by Sean Collins & published by Wild Wolf Entertainment LLC
In motion pictures and television
The SimpsonsThe Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
has an episode ("El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer
El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)
"El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer '", also known as The Mysterious Voyage of Our Homer, is the ninth episode of the eighth season of The Simpsons, which originally aired January 5, 1997...
") where a coyote voiced by music legend Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
plays the role of a Spirit Guide, who Homer Simpson refers to as the "Space Coyote." When Space Coyote instinctively starts gnawing on Homer's leg he quickly stops and apologizes by saying, "Sorry. I am a coyote."
In the movie Coyote Ugly, Lil, the bar owner, explains that she named her bar after the slang term "coyote ugly", which refers to the feeling of waking up after a one night stand and discovering that you are beside someone who is so physically repulsive that you would gladly gnaw off any of your limbs that he or she is sleeping on just so you can get away without being discovered. Many wild animals, including coyotes, will gnaw off limbs in order to escape traps.
Computer-animated movies and TV shows have featured Tommy the Coyote (Father of the Pride
Father of the Pride
Father of the Pride is an American animated television series that began broadcasting on NBC on August 31, 2004 and was part of a short-lived trend of CGI series in prime-time network TV .-Overview:...
) and Dag (Barnyard: The Original Party Animals
Barnyard (film)
Barnyard is a 2006 computer-animated family comedy film, produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures, directed by Steve Oedekerk . and produced by Steve Oedekerk, Paul Marshal, and Pam Marsden...
).
In slang
In the Southwest United States, a "coyote" is a person paid to smuggle illegal immigrants across the border between Mexico and the United States.In colonial Mexico, "coyote" was used as a name for a person of mixed Mestizo
Mestizo
Mestizo is a term traditionally used in Latin America, Philippines and Spain for people of mixed European and Native American heritage or descent...
and Amerindian ancestry, similar to "cholo
Cholo
Cholo is an ethnic slur created by Hispanic criollos in the 16th century, and it has been applied to individuals of mixed or pure American Indian ancestry, or other racially mixed origin. The precise usage of "cholo" has varied widely in different times and places...
".
In sports and games
The Phoenix NHLNational Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
ice hockey team is the Phoenix Coyotes
Phoenix Coyotes
The Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their home games at Jobing.com Arena....
.
The San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
NBA basketball team has used a coyote character (created by Tim Derk) as its mascot since 1983. To learn more about Tim Derk and his time as the Spurs' mascot, you can read his book Hi Mom, Send Sheep! My Life as the Coyote and After (Trinity University Press, 2006). The Coyote is also the mascot of several college and university athletic teams, including those of the University of South Dakota
University of South Dakota
The University of South Dakota ', the state’s oldest university, was founded in 1862 and classes began in 1882. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States, USD is home to South Dakota's only medical school and law school. USD is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents, and its current...
, California State University, San Bernardino
California State University, San Bernardino
California State University, San Bernardino, also known as Cal State San Bernardino or CSUSB is a public research university and one of the twenty three general campuses of the California State University system. The main campus sits on in the suburban University District of , United States, with...
, and The College of Idaho.
In White Wolf, Inc.
White Wolf, Inc.
White Wolf Publishing is an American gaming and book publisher. The company was founded in 1991 as a merger between Lion Rampant and White Wolf Magazine, and was initially led by Mark Rein·Hagen of the former and Steve and Stewart Wieck of the latter. Since White Wolf Publishing, Inc. merged with...
's roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Werewolf: The Apocalypse is a role-playing game and series of novels from the now defunct World of Darkness line by White Wolf. In the game, players take the role of werewolves known as Garou , as well as other lycanthropes: warriors who are locked in a two-front war against both the spiritual...
, Coyote is a Totem for the Nuwisha (were-coyotes), as well as some of the Garou (werewolves).
In Music
In Gregory Alan IsakovGregory Alan Isakov
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and raised in Philadelphia, Isakov later moved to Colorado. Isakov's voice and guitar style leave a humble presence that has spawned a burgeoning fan base. He has shared the stage with numerous touring artists such as Ani Difranco, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Alexi...
's song 3 a.m.
3 A.M.
"3 A.M." is the third single and the third track from Matchbox Twenty's debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You...
, there is a lyric that goes "I ain't out there to cheat you, see I killed that damn coyote in me" referring to the traditional habit of the trickster god Coyote to cheat people according to Native American mythology.