I've only made it a few stories into the Iktomi section--the smart-ass spider man. I'm not really sure what to think of him. I feel like he solves a lot of his problems by killing dissenters, like Flint Boy and the Buffalo Chief whose wife he stole. I'm not sure I like his way of handling things better than Coyote's. Coyote didn't seem to be particularly violent--just tricky and deceiving. Iktomi seems to be deceiving and with no scruples when it comes to killing people. For instance, Flint Boy was a longtime friend of his, and he drowned him in the river.
Does anyone else feel a little weird about Iktomi?
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