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Following Mythic Coyote

from MITM Myths & Stories Volume 2 by Dr. Catherine Svehla

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“When we study other people’s myths and rituals we may do so out of pure intellectual curiosity, to see what they believe in and do that we do not believe in or do. But sometimes we may begin to wonder what would happen if we ourselves came to believe those myths…”
--Wendy Doniger O’Flaherty, Other People’s Myths

In this program I share a couple of Mythic Coyote stories from the creation mythology of the Chemehuevi people. The Chemehuevi are native to the Mojave and have lived here for centuries, primarily near the Colorado River. My telling of these stories is adapted from versions found in Mirror and Pattern by Carobeth Laird.

I originally told these stories as part of a public lecture that was sponsored by the Morongo Basin Historical Society. I invited that group to reflect on them as a source of information about the Chemehuevi and about themselves. Many of our assumptions and beliefs about life and the world are unconscious. Bringing them to awareness is the first step in truly owning them, living them, and potentially changing them.

I extend that same invitation to you and fear not, you’ll get a laugh or two from this program as well as food for thought.

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from MITM Myths & Stories Volume 2, released May 1, 2015

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Dr. Catherine Svehla Fort Collins, Colorado

Storyteller, scholar, artist, & desert activist with a PhD in mythology & depth psychology.

Myths & stories contain the wisdom of the human race. I want to know how we can keep the mystery in life alive? How can myths connect us to a larger sphere of being & meaning?

Many of these tracks are Myth in the Mojave programs that first aired online on Radio Free Joshua Tree.

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