[488]it is my fault!

Okay, that last panel in conjunction with the YouTube clip? is pretty freaking hilarious.

Wow, thats what Coyote's sound like? My ears!!!
*can no longer hear*

You'd think that a guy with Coyote's ego would have remembered to put up a constellation of himself - would have done that before he made all the other constellations, in fact.

And it's probably just as well for him that Cassiopeia wasn't within earshot - I don't think she'd have been amused at being included among "the Great Beasts".

Given all the talk about the importance of eyes in this comic, it's appropriate that the Great Spirit would be depicted the way he is on this page.

I am not familiar with the myth, but it looks as if Coyote gets thrown down on Earth, instead of 'being bored with menial tasks'

The three constellations we see on the page (as Myrani pointed out) are Scorpio the Scorpion, Cygnus the Swan, and Cassiopeia - all three constellations that go back to ancient Greece (and so would be mentioned by Ptolemy). I don't recognize the constellation that the Great Spirit was working on: it might be just something Tom made up for the page rather than a real one.

Divine dress codes, perhaps?

I do hope, for Annies sake, that a god coyote's howl actually sounds majestic. The regular coyotes aren't that pleasant sounding.

I see Coyote not as a malicious trickster, but more someone prone to acts of extreme goofiness when you least expect it. Mostly this is from the stories, and the way he talks about himself. He has an ego, but doesn't seem the least bit nasty. Probably is a little manipulative for the sake of preserving his ego where concerned.

And him screwing up with the stars is perfectly suited to that type of ADD/hyperactive personality that doesn't stay stuck with any one thing. If anything, he probably didn't mind if the gods assigned him more menial tasks as long as they were enjoyable and fun. And given how he seems quite at home in the forest...well, you never know.

Maybe he's just one of those Cosmic Class Clowns?

I see Coyote as the Trickster. He doesn't seem malicious now, but if he were, and didn't want to appear as such, would he? And if he were, would he want to appear as such? Nothing we've seen of him so far can be taken as evidence one way or the other.

Notice how Tom always draws him with prominent teeth.

I don't necessarily think he's what would be conventionally called bad -- Gunnerkrigg Court doesn't dwell in that style of storytelling -- but I assume he won't turn out to be all sunshine and roses, and I think it's underestimating him to assume he's just a class clown. He's running a con of some sort, and I'm really looking forward to seeing it play out.

I'm sure Antimony knows it, too. But the other thing about tricksters is, they're often enjoyable company. As long as it's his nature to be the Trickster, and as long as she keeps her guard about her, there's no reason she can't enjoy his company in the meantime.

I don't think the proper word for Coyote would be malicious. Dangerous is more like it, neutral in our human moral-sense.

Also, I don't think he has an ego the way us humans see it. He is a demi-god of some power. Can you imagine a demi-god who is all shy and modest? What purpose would that serve?