March, 1905. The Traditions of the Hopi — Voth. 309 



77. — The Coyote and the K6kontu-Maidens. 



Coyote sees Kdkontu grinding com and singing. They talk with him and 

 then come out and go to steep bluff. Here they play, running up and jumping 

 down large tree and bluff. Coyote joins them and climbs tree. He jumps 

 down and lands forcibly on ground, killing himself. Kdkontu laugh at him 

 and go home leaving him dead. 



78. — The Coyote and the Grasshoppers. 



Sparrow-hawk eats all gfrasshopper children. Their parents mourn loss. 

 Coyote comes along and tells Grasshopper mother she is singing nicely and 

 asks her to sing to him. She says she is crying for her children, but Coyote 

 threatens to devour her if she does not sing to him. She sings and Coyote 

 runs away singing song. He stumbles over rock and loses song. He returns 

 to place where he left Grasshopper woman, and, seeing stone resembling her 

 which she had put in her place, he tells it to sing again. Receiving no reply, 

 he grabs stone and breaks teeth. He hunts for food, but cannot eat it, as he 

 has no teeth, and finally perishes with hunger. 



79. — The Coyote and the Grasshopper. 



Grasshopper and Coyote are great friends. Grasshopper has children 

 and big field. At planting time he tells wife others are going to help him 

 and she is to put up good deal of food. She prepares food and jug of water. 

 These, with seeds. Grasshopper takes on back and goes to field. He waits in 

 kisi he has built until nearly noon, but nobody comes. Then he eats food 

 and goes to field and plants all alone. Afternoon is very hot. He returns to 

 kisi, drinks, and lays down to rest, leaning feet against side. Coyote comes 

 and asks why he is lying that way. Grasshopper says he is tired and he is 

 afraid kisi will fall on him. Coyote lays down beside friend, also leaning his 

 hind feet against booth. Grasshopper jumps up and says he will get more 

 water. He picks up jug and goes home, and, as he is planning mischief against 

 his friend, he tells children to go to their uncle Deer. Coyote waits until he 

 is tired. He jumps up without booth falling. Says Grasshopper has lied and 

 that he will go and eat up his children. He goes to house of friend and finds 

 it closed. He follows tracks to house of Deer and asks if grasshopper has 

 come with his family. He wants Deer to get them out, but Deer tells Coyote 

 to come in himself. He hesitates, but at last goes down ladder and sees two 

 strong Deer standing. As he steps down into deeper portion of kiva, one Deer 

 picks him up with horns and throws him towards hatchway. As he falls, other 

 Deer does same, and so they keep it up until he is dead. Grasshoppers then go 

 and scatter over country. 



80. — The Three Maidens and the Coyote. 



Three maidens live with father and mother in Oraibi. Coyote longs for 

 maidens and tells grandmother. She tells him to go to village and if he sees 

 bow, arrow quiver, red yarn, blue yarn, leggings, blue shirt and red stone ochre, 

 to bring them. He goes, finds things and takes them to grandmother. She 

 dresses him up and puts ochre on his face. He goes to maidens, whose father 

 has put stone trap east of Coyote's house. At balance is some rabbit meat. 

 Coyote presses towards meat, pulls at it, trap shuts and he dies there. Maidens 



