“””Because a group of coyotes is a band!”” —Therin Vai
“”I refuse to call it that.””—Nadiya”
Definition/Summary:
Reference to the Six Coyotes
- Legendary Hunters who first scouted beyond the Cosmodrome wall
- Help the refugees back to the city
A group of coyotes is called a band, a pack or a rout
- Coyotes first naming origin means burrowing dog
- Root for the word trickster from Spanish and Aztec lingua
- The jackal, brown fox and little wolf are examples of the earliest naming conventions
Coyotes “Smugglers”
- Term for guiding humans across a border illegally or running through a zone intentionally blocked by authorities or those holding dominion
- People smuggling generally takes place with the consent of the person or persons being smuggled
- Common reasons for individuals seeking to be smuggled escape from persecution, violence or conflict
- Other reasons are employment and economic opportunity, personal and/or familial betterment
Bandwagon
- Popular party, faction, or cause that attracts growing support
- Used in phrase “jump on the bandwagon”
- Current or fashionable trend
- Origin from when traveling marching bands visited local areas and people would follow their ornate and high wagons of musicians especially in a circus parade
Expanded info:
The bandwagon effect
Social Phenomenon
- The rate of uptake of beliefs, ideas, fads and trends increases the more that they have already been adopted by others
- The probability of people joining increases when the size of people already doing so is larger
- The greater the number of people believe in something, the greater the chance of others also “hopping on the bandwagon” regardless of the underlying evidence
- The tendency to follow the actions or beliefs of others can occur because individuals directly prefer to conform, or because individuals derive information from others