2007-04-16 13:37:35 · 10 answers · asked by prophet 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Tricksters
Abenaki mythology ... Azeban
Akan mythology ... Kwaku Ananse
American folklore ... Brer Rabbit (or Compere Lapin) and Aunt Nancy, a corruption of Anansi (Anansee)
Arabian mythology ... Juha
Ashanti mythology ... Ananse
Australian Aboriginal mythology ... Bamapana
Aztec mythology ... Huehuecoyotl
Bantu mythology ... the Hare (Tsuro or Kalulu)
Basque mythology ... San Martin Txiki
Brazilian folklore ... Saci-Pererê
Celtic mythology ... Fairy, Puck, Briccriu
Chinese mythology ... Nezha, Sun Wukong (the Monkey King)
Chippewa mythology ... Nanabozho
Crow mythology ... Awakkule, Mannegishi
Dutch folklore ... Reynaert de Vos, Tijl Uilenspiegel
Egyptian mythology ... Seth
Estonian mythology ... Kaval-Ants (The Wily Ants)
French folklore ... Renart the Fox
Fijian mythology ... Daucina
German folklore ... Till Eulenspiegel, Reineke Fuchs
Greek mythology ... Eris, Prometheus, Hephaestos, Hermes, Odysseus, Sisyphus
Haida mythology ... Nankil'slas (Raven spirit), (Coyote)
Hawaiian mythology ... Iwa, Kaulu, Kupua, Maui, Pekoi.
Hindu mythology ... Baby Krishna stealing ghee
Hopi and Zuni mythology ... Kokopelli
Indonesian folklore ... Kantjil, or kancil in modern grammar
Inuit mythology ... Amaguq
Japanese mythology ... Kitsune, Susanoo, Kappa
Jewish mythology ... Asmodeus, Jacob, Lilith
Jewish folklore ... Hershele Ostropoler
!Xũ mythology ... Mantis
Lakota mythology ... Iktomi Heyoka
Levantine mythology ... Yaw
Islamic mythology ... Nasreddin
Miwok mythology ... Coyote
Navajo mythology ... Tonenili
Nootka mythology ... Chulyen, Guguyni
Norse mythology ... Loki
Norwegian folklore ... Mikkel rev ("Michael Fox")
Northwest Caucasian mythology ... Sosruko
Ohlone mythology ... Coyote
Ojibwe mythology ... Nanabush
Polynesian mythology ... Maui
Pomo mythology ... Coyote
Pueblos dancing ... Sacred Clowns - Koshares Paiyakyamu
Slavic mythology ... Veles
Tumbuka mythology...Kalulu
Tibetan folklore ... Agu Tonpa
Tsimshian mythology ... Txaamsm, Raven, 'Wiigyet (Big Man)
Ute mythology ... Cin-an-ev
Vodun ... Ti Malice, Baron Samedi
West African mythology ... Anansee
Yoruba mythology ... Eshu
Zulu mythology ... Tikoloshe
2007-04-16 13:59:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Trickster Gods
2016-10-30 10:50:38 · answer #2 · answered by wheeington 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Can anyone name some trickster gods or goddesses? They have to be non greek or Roman..I have Loki..need 1more
2015-08-19 02:34:41 · answer #3 · answered by Ephram 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok.
Native American, who does have by far the best tricksters.
Inktome
Coyote
Rabbit
Veeho
Wesakaychak (Whiskey Jack)
Glooscap
Raven
Others
Reynard the Fox
Loki
Anansi (Brer Rabbit stories are after him)
Eshu
Monkey King
Hermes was considered a trickster, as was Prometheus, to some extent.
In fairy tales the "mysterious stranger" at the crossroads that creates another event or sends them on a quest could nbe considered as much...as all of the above listed are always travelling and wandering, especially the Native American.
These are a few. The majority are men...though they all seem to have at least one story where they cross gender.
2007-04-16 14:05:52 · answer #4 · answered by kriltzen 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In Native American cultures; Raven is a trickster in the Pacific Northwest tribes and Coyote is a trickster in the South west tribes.
2007-04-16 15:17:50 · answer #5 · answered by ptnopt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Coyote is a trickster god in Native American mythologies. Look up "trickster" on wikipedia.org.
They'll give you some great examples.
2007-04-16 13:40:14 · answer #6 · answered by Retodd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Universal tale-type among all Native America. The trickster/transformer character and tale-type range from Fool narratives to hero-tales of "native cunning" elevated to levels of "Creator's helper" or "messenger" (no longer a trickster but a transformer). Animals are generally ascribed to the Trickster role: Spider for the North & Eastern Woodlands, Hare for the Plains and Great lakes; Coyote for the Western and Southwestern tribes; and Raven (sometimes analogous with Crow) for the Pacific Northwest, Eskimo set and Arctic tribes.
Other animals also included mouse, frog, fox, bluejay, mink and opossum. Common trickster traits were more often negative such as stubbornness, chicanery, duplicity, cruelty, greed, gluttony, avarice, and in sometime these mischievous actions foiled the plans of the Creator or "pranked" significant legendary (historic) humans, even causing illness or injury to the trickster himself. Tale-type similarities can be found with Brer Rabbit of West African "trickster" folklore. Specifically only few tales cross reference with European or Western Classic mythologies.
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Olifat is the trickster figure for Chuuk (Truk) and Yap, primarily. He is the son of the sky-god Lugeilan and a mortal woman. He gave fire to humans, but also played many tricks on them. One of these is that he equipped sharks with razor-sharp teeth so they can devour humans and animals. The popular Olifat is the hero of many myths, in which he always appears as the semi-divine trickster/culture hero, in search of immortality. Palau has the trickster Medechiibelau. The Marshall Islands has the trickster Letao.
2007-04-16 14:26:25 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anansi the spider-trickster among the Ashanti of Ghana and Nareau the spider in Micronesia; Coyote among the Southwest Natives --these are the creator aspects of this wild and uncontrolled energy.
2007-04-16 17:58:18 · answer #8 · answered by Terry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Amagup was an Inuit god, a trickster, and a wolf
2007-04-16 13:42:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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