Lessons taught by the rabbit, coyote, and raven

In many folk tales the goal of the story is to teach a lesson of some sort. They normal due this through the main character and his or her actions but sometimes it can be an event or secondary characters actions. In the tale When coyote decided to get married a well know coyote decides to settle down and start a family and a chief, who is a friend of his, helps him do so. he sends runners in all directions to find the most beautiful women in the land but they must be pure for them to marry coyote. The most beautiful maiden is brought to coyote but she is not pure and coyote turns her and her family into stone. So, you could say that this story teaches the lesson always be honest because the truth comes out. Sometimes the tales show you the origin of how something is the way it is as well as teaching you a lesson. In the tale Rabbit's Choctaw Tail rabbit tries to trick fix into giving him his catfish, fox refuses but in turn teaches him how to fish. At this point in time rabbit has a large tail  and fox says all he has to do is cut a hole in the ice and stick his tail in and hell catch a fish. Rabbit does this and to get out of the cold water he jumps up when he feels something tugging on his tail, After jumps out he complains that his rump is cold and and he sees that his tail is gone. So this story teaches the reader that you shouldn't bother people with nonsense and you should trick them out of there things. In the tale Raven the Trickster, a raven tricks his way out of being held captive by a sea anemone, tricks a beluga whale into opening his mouth open wide so raven can fly in, for what ever reason, and tricks some whalers into leaving there whale blubber because raven makes them believe its cursed. So, the lesson i would take away from this... don't trust ravens.