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In looking at Native American traditions we see Coyote the Trickster par excellence. In traditional and modern Native American cultures, there is Raven in the Pacific Northwest, androgynous and shape-shifting Coyote in California, the Great Hare among northern and eastern woodland tribes, and in the southwest the Hopi have Keshari, the Clown. In West Africa we find the Spider, the Tortoise in Nigeria, the Hare among the Bantu people, in Hawaii is the Trickster/Culture Hero Maui, in ancient Greece is androgynous Hermes/Mercury, in Scandinavia shape-shifter Loki lies and steals from the other gods, in Europe is Reynard the Fox, on the Andaman Islands is the Kingfisher, in Turkey it is Nasr-eddin, the hodja (clown-priest). always hungry for another meal swiped from someone else’s kitchen, always ready to lure someone else’s wife to bed, always trying to get something for nothing, shifting shapes (and even sex), getting caught in the act, ever scheming, never remorseful” (p. Trickster by Bill LewisĮrdoes and Ortiz, in their 1998 book American Indian Trickster Tales, describe the Trickster as: The Trickster is a strange combination of benevolence, harmless mischief, and destructive malice. a special and permanent appeal and an unusual attraction for mankind from the very beginnings of civilization” ( Radin, 1956, p. Paleolitic Paintings in Lascauxįound among the simplest to the most complex of indigenous groups, this is a figure and a theme with “. The Trickster, generally recognized as one of the oldest expressions of mankind, originated in and is the chief mythological character of the paleolithic world. The whimsical and diabolical Trickster is a character found in folk tales and myths around the world. You can read more about the Trickster on Mindfunda in Trickster Gods: Tricky ways to discover the Self, and Trickster Tactics: from Archetype to Evolution Trickster Archetype

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Today’s Guest Blog: ‘Trickster Archetype’ is written by Christian Gerike M.A, teaching assistant in the Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, Psychology Department, for the Introduction to Psychology and Myth, Dream, and Symbol courses. Christian has also two other guest blogs for Mindfunda: How to Remember your Dreams, and Sleeping well, Remembering Dreams.

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