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| + | "How many more [[Trickster|trick]]s will the [[rogue]]s play on these innocent people!"--''[[Lazarillo de Tormes]]'' (1554) by anonymous | ||
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| In [[mythology]], and in the study of [[folklore]] and [[religion]], a '''trickster''' is a [[god]], [[goddess]], [[spiritual being|spirit]], human, or [[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] animal who plays [[prank]]s or otherwise disobeys normal rules and norms of behaviour. | In [[mythology]], and in the study of [[folklore]] and [[religion]], a '''trickster''' is a [[god]], [[goddess]], [[spiritual being|spirit]], human, or [[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] animal who plays [[prank]]s or otherwise disobeys normal rules and norms of behaviour. | ||
| While the trickster crosses various cultural traditions, there are significant differences between tricksters in the traditions of many [[Indigenous peoples]] and those in the Euro-American tradition: | While the trickster crosses various cultural traditions, there are significant differences between tricksters in the traditions of many [[Indigenous peoples]] and those in the Euro-American tradition: | ||
| - | <blockquote>"Many native traditions held [[clown]]s and tricksters as essential to any contact with the [[sacred]]. People could not pray until they had laughed, because [[laughter]] opens and frees from rigid preconception. Humans had to have tricksters within the most sacred [[ceremonies]] for fear that they forget the sacred comes through upset, reversal, surprise. The trickster in most native traditions is essential to creation, to birth". </blockquote> | + | <blockquote>"Many native traditions held [[clown]]s and tricksters as essential to any contact with the [[sacred]]. People could not pray until they had laughed, because [[laughter]] opens and frees from rigid preconception. Humans had to have tricksters within the most sacred [[ceremonies]] for fear that they forget the sacred comes through upset, reversal, surprise. The trickster in most native traditions is essential to creation, to birth".--[[Byrd Gibbens]] </blockquote> |
| Native tricksters should not be confused with the Euro-American fictional [[picaro]]. One of the most important distinctions is that "we can see in the Native American trickster an openness to life's multiplicity and paradoxes largely missing in the modern Euro-American moral tradition". | Native tricksters should not be confused with the Euro-American fictional [[picaro]]. One of the most important distinctions is that "we can see in the Native American trickster an openness to life's multiplicity and paradoxes largely missing in the modern Euro-American moral tradition". | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Grotesque body]] | ||
| + | *[[List of tricksters in fiction]] | ||
| + | *[[Miwok mythology#Coyote Silver Fox|Miwok Coyote and Silver Fox]] | ||
| + | *[[George P. Hansen]] | ||
| + | *[[Native Americans in the United States]] | ||
| + | *[[Malandro]], the traditional Brazilian folklore trickster. | ||
| + | *[[Day of the Dupes]] | ||
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In mythology, and in the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a god, goddess, spirit, human, or anthropomorphic animal who plays pranks or otherwise disobeys normal rules and norms of behaviour.
While the trickster crosses various cultural traditions, there are significant differences between tricksters in the traditions of many Indigenous peoples and those in the Euro-American tradition:
"Many native traditions held clowns and tricksters as essential to any contact with the sacred. People could not pray until they had laughed, because laughter opens and frees from rigid preconception. Humans had to have tricksters within the most sacred ceremonies for fear that they forget the sacred comes through upset, reversal, surprise. The trickster in most native traditions is essential to creation, to birth".--Byrd Gibbens
Native tricksters should not be confused with the Euro-American fictional picaro. One of the most important distinctions is that "we can see in the Native American trickster an openness to life's multiplicity and paradoxes largely missing in the modern Euro-American moral tradition".
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See also
- Grotesque body
- List of tricksters in fiction
- Miwok Coyote and Silver Fox
- George P. Hansen
- Native Americans in the United States
- Malandro, the traditional Brazilian folklore trickster.
- Day of the Dupes
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