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?

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[ailsaek.livejournal.com]

Robin Hood, perhaps? "Jack" who seems to have so many fairy tale adventures? Adam suggests maybe Nuada of the Silver Hand. And then there's Bre'r Rabbit, but he's American, not European.