One of these animals comes to earth as his younger brother descends below ground when the sky and the earth come into contact. A “Great” one of these animals born from an egg in the water is contrasted with another of these animals named First Angry. After one of these animals tosses a black stone into a lake, the dead stop coming back to life after four days. A theft by one of these animals causes a flood that forces First Man and First Woman to climb a reed to the (*) Fourth World. One of these animals interrupts the Black God carefully ordering mica in the sky by throwing up a blanket of stars, creating the Milky Way. In another Diné story from the American Southwest, one of these animals kidnaps the children of the Water Buffalo. For 10 points, name this canine form taken by a trickster god in Navajo myth. ■END■
ANSWER: coyotes [or maʼii; accept Great Coyote; prompt on First Angry or First Scolder until “First” is read] (In a Navajo story, the Coyote is the older brother of the Badger as “children of the sky.”)
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