the Indigenous Axiom and its Contrast

 

Axiom: way of the Coyote

In relations with "adversaries" outside the "family," members of the "family" apply the example and skills of the trickster Coyote, including intelligence and strategic foresight, physical prowess and agility, deception, wit and cunning, an ethic of competition.    

Coyote typically fails when a self-serving trickster toward family members = model not to follow.  

Coyote typically succeeds when self-effacing toward family members and self-serving trickster toward adversaries = model to follow.

 

Contrast:    ?