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The trickster figure Reynard the Fox as depicted in an 1869 children's book by Michel Rodange.. The trickster is a common stock character in folklore and popular culture.A clever, mischievous person or creature, the trickster achieves goals through the use of trickery.
The fox appears in the folklore of many cultures, but especially European and East Asian, as a figure of cunning, trickery, or as a familiar animal possessed of magic powers, and sometimes associated with transformation. Literature, film, television, games, music, and other forms of cultural expression may reflect the folklore image and reputation.
The trickster figure Reynard the Fox as depicted in an 1869 children's book by Michel Rodange. In mythology and the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a character in a story (god, goddess, spirit, human or anthropomorphisation) who exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge and uses it to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and defy conventional behavior.
The bumbling hunter Fudd always tried to catch the clever Bugs, but the bunny effortlessly outwitted him with humor and trickery at every turn. Nonetheless, these funny chases made them a timeless ...
Deception in animals is the voluntary or involuntary transmission of misinformation by one animal to another, of the same or different species, in a way that misleads ...
The animals knew Gun was very evil, for he had been killing many of them whenever he went through the bush. Thus when word of Gun's passing reached them, the animals all rejoiced, and agreed that they would come to celebrate Gun's death when Anansi buried him. While the animals gathered to meet at Gun's funeral, Anansi set a trap for them.
Iktómi, Lakota spider spirit of wóksape and trickery, greater knowledge spirit; Kssa, Oglala spirit of knowledge, sometimes considered Iktómi before being stripped of his title; Matȟó, Lakota mischievous healer spirit, taught the Lakota to fish; Ptesáŋwiŋ/White buffalo calf woman, Lakota prophetess, often conflated with Wohpe
In Buddhism, the monkey is an early incarnation of Buddha but may also represent trickery and ugliness. The Chinese Buddhist "mind monkey" metaphor refers to the unsettled, restless state of human mind. Monkey is also one of the Three Senseless Creatures, symbolizing greed, with the tiger representing anger and the deer lovesickness.