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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[lysana.livejournal.com]

Irish trickster gods include, to a certain degree for each, Lugh, Morrigan, Manannan mac Lir, and at some moments, Brighid. Many of the other gods have associated tales where they pull the wool over someone's eyes for their own ends, proving a point, or both. Wit and cunning are signs of strength in those stories on a very standard basis.