Sometimes Coyote was known to travel alongside Kokopeli. Kokopeli was a musical traveler who spread 'fetility' amounst the various tribes. He played a Native Ameican flute when approaching a village to announce his presence. He carried trade goods in a pack on his back, hence him being depicted as hunched backed, due to the trade goods he carried. He was also seen depicted with a large macaw parrot. There is ALOT of rock art all over the southwest showing this charector with a flute. If it is not a flute player it is NOT a true Kokopeli.
Having a parrot like that makes me wonder if this charector was from South America traveling and trading amounst the Native American peoples of the Southwest
Anyway.......currant Navajo tradition makes claim to shape shifting Witches. The drawings made by so called witnesses look much like that Chupacabra Kokopeli description.......There are some pretty currant reports of seeing such a shape shifting Witch running alongside the reservation roads in the 4 corners area of the USA. I don't know about the rates of Chupacabra sitings in this area, I have never heard of one seen....that seams closer to Mexico..but folks DO seem to SEE these shape shifting Witches.... I think you may have somehow jumbled differant stories and are now unduly doubious about the nature of Kokopeli. Believe me he is benign........he is a musician! It is Coyote who is the Trickster.
.....................just sayin
[edit on 25-3-2005 by theRiverGoddess]


There are others who can add information to this as well. Who knows if it is conflicting or not? Oral
tradition can be differant for differant locations........lets see what else we learn?