Paul Radin
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Paul Radin (April 2, 1883 – February 21, 1959) was an American anthropologist and folklorist of the early twentieth century specializing in Native American languages and cultures. His most enduring publication to date is The Trickster (1956), which includes essays by the pioneering scholar of Greek mythology, Karl Kerényi, and the prominent psychoanalyst C. G. Jung.
CONTENTS
PREFATORY NOTE BY PAUL RADIN ix
Part One
THE TRICKSTER MYTH
OF THE WINNEBAGO INDIANS
I. The Winnebago Trickster Cycle 3
II. Notes to Pages 3-53 54
Part Two
SUPPLEMENTARY TRICKSTER MYTHS
I. The Winnebago Hare Cycle 63
II. Notes to Pages 63-91 92
III. Summary of the Assiniboine Trickster Myth 97
IV. Summary of the Tlingit Trickster Myth 104
Part Three
THE NATURE AND MEANING OF THE MYTH
BY PAUL RADIN
I. The Text 111
II. Winnebago History and Culture 112
III. Winnebago Mythology and Literary Tradition 118
IV. The Winnebago Hare Cycle and its Cognates 124
V. The Winnebago Trickster Figure 132
VI. The Attitude of the Winnebago toward
Wakdjunkaga 147
VII. The Wakdjunkaga Cycle as a Satire 151
VIII. The Wakdjunkaga Cycle and its Relation to
other North
American Indian Trickster Cycles 155
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Part Four
THE TRICKSTER IN RELATION TO GREEK MYTHOLOGY
BY KARL KERÉENYI, TRANSLATED BY R. F. C. HULL
I. First Impressions 173
II. Style 177
III. Parallels 180
IV. Nature of the Trickster 184
V. His Difference from Hermes 188
Part Five
ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE TRICKSTER
FIGURE BY C. G. JUNG, TRANSLATED BY
R. V. C. HULL
