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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. A trickster may trick others simply for amusement or for survival in a ...
Fictional tricksters, characters in a story (gods, goddesses, spirits, humans, or anthropomorphisations) who exhibit a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge, and use them to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and defy conventional behavior.
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.
Male deities depicted as tricksters, story characters (gods, goddesses, spirits, humans or anthropomorphisations) who exhibit a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge and use it to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and defy conventional behavior.
Gregor MacGregor (1786–1845): Scottish con man who tried to attract investment and settlers for the non-existent country of "Poyais". [2]Jeanne of Valois-Saint-Rémy (1756–1791): Chief conspirator in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, which further tarnished the French royal family's already-poor reputation and, along with other causes, eventually led to the French Revolution.
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Nanabozho is a shapeshifter who is both zoomorphic as well as anthropomorphic, meaning that Nanabozho can take the shape of animals or humans in storytelling. [5] Thus Nanabush takes many different forms in storytelling, often changing depending on the tribe.
In Xhosa mythology, Uhlakayana is depicted as a child who was born with supernatural powers, including being able to shapeshift into different forms, and often appeared as both male and female. [1] [3] However, in Zulu mythology, Uhlakayana is portrayed as a dwarf-like figure in the same category as Tikdoshe. Uhlakayana also tends to take ...