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  2. Malleus Maleficarum - Wikipedia

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    The Malleus Maleficarum, [a] usually translated as the Hammer of Witches, [3] [b] is the best known treatise about witchcraft. [6] [7] It was written by the German Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer (under his Latinized name Henricus Institor) and first published in the German city of Speyer in 1486.

  3. List of fictional tricksters - Wikipedia

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    Hershele Ostropoler - In Ashkenazic Jewish folklore, based on a real person who lived during the 18th century. Huehuecoyotl - the gender-changing coyote god of music, dance, mischief and song of Pre-Columbian Mexico and Aztec Mythology. Befitting a trickster, he is the patron of uninhibited sexuality and often engages in trickery against the ...

  4. Villain - Wikipedia

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    Count Dracula is an example of a villain in classic literature and film. Theme from Mysterioso Pizzicato, a cliché silent movie cue for villainy Play ⓘ. A villain (also known as a "black hat" or "bad guy"; the feminine form is villainess) is a stock character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction.

  5. Character flaw - Wikipedia

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    A minor character flaw is an imperfection which serves to distinguish the character in the mind of the reader / viewer / player / listener, making them memorable and individual, but otherwise does not affect the story in any way.

  6. List of stock characters - Wikipedia

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    A stock character is a dramatic or literary role representing a generic type in a conventional, simplified manner and recurring in many fictional works. [1] The following list labels some of these stereotypes and provides examples. Some character archetypes, the more universal foundations of fictional characters, are also listed.

  7. Archetypal literary criticism - Wikipedia

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    Archetypal literary criticism is a type of analytical theory that interprets a text by focusing on recurring myths and archetypes (from the Greek archē, "beginning", and typos, "imprint") in the narrative, symbols, images, and character types in literary works.

  8. Rogue literature - Wikipedia

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    Rogue literature is an important source in understanding the everyday life of the ordinary people and their language, and the language of thieves and beggars. This genre can be related to the stories of Robin Hood and jest book literature, as well as early examples of the first voice in fiction and autobiography. [1]

  9. Dramatis personae - Wikipedia

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    For example, the opening pages of Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air contain a dramatis personae. Other examples include Worldwar: In the Balance by Harry Turtledove, and The Horus Heresy by various authors. [citation needed] Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth begins with a dramatis personae.