After reading the stories in "Trickster" I loved the stories about the raccoon. I read an article all about the raccoon symbol in Native American stories/culture.
https://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/native-american-symbols/raccoon-symbol.htm
After reading the article I learned new things about the Raccoon. The article says that the raccoon is an expert at disguise and secrecy. Abenaki say that the raccoon is always looking for food. We see this in the story about Azeban and the Crayfish when Azeban pretends to be dead, he's disguising himself as dead and keeping the secret that he's alive. The reason he does this is so that he can eat the crayfish so that also ties in them always looking for food. It says that the raccoon symbol is strongly used in the Mississippean culture. Many uses of the raccoon in symbolism also represent warfare. There are many paintings and drawings found at burial sites for the Missippeans, where the raccoon has knives and war axes.
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