Tricksters: thinking aloud meets AKICIF

[redbird]

Who is the European/Christian Trickster?

If you're Native North American, s/he's Coyote. In Africa, one of Trickster's names is Anansi the spider.

Is there a European Trickster other than Loki? Prometheus tricked the gods, but that's a bit different and was a one-time deal.

And yes, I know that European doesn't equal Christian, in either direction, but I don't have a better shorthand for our dominant culture. Euro-American?

Comments

[scottscidmore.livejournal.com]

Generally "European" does the job.

Hermes, Till Eulenspiegel, Renard the Fox, Puck - Robin Goodfellow - Robin Hood, Bill Clinton.

[lisajulie.livejournal.com]

Til Eulenspiegel (Til "Owlglass") for sure. The Polish equivalent is "Sowizral" - and I knew someone of that name and that role.