The Trickster

The Trickster has a long history and a sizable mythic presence in many cultures, and a great deal of information about The Trickster's many faces and talents can be found on-line.

Trickster Coyote
Learn about Loki, the Trickster, and his adventures such as the Binding of the Fenris Wolf and the Theft of Idun's Apples. Other pages dealing with Loki: Lokasenna, Loki, Loki the Fool, Worshipping Loki, and Lokesblót.

And there's the adventures of Trickster Rabbit and his modern incarnation Bugs Bunny; and the Coyote (and His Anus) and his own modern counterpart Wile E. Coyote. Meanwhile, Coyote Zen mixes Native American trickster mythology and "crazy wisdom" Zen.

Nasreddin Hodja
The european tradition of Court Fools and Jesters, is part of a larger tradition of harlequins, jugglers, clowns and such, found everywhere from ancient China to the corporate world.

Delightful are the many stories of the holy fool Nasreddin Hodja. Read his Curriculum Vitae on-line.

A cross-cultural helping of tricksters would include (among many others) Maui, Mamo the Fool, Exu: The Divine Messenger, Legba, Trickster Tarantula, Raven (who steals the light), Tyl Ulenspiegel (and his bondage-oriented descendents), Txeemsim, Eshu-Elegbara, Glooscap, and Ananse.

The Christian tradition has its Symeon, the Holy Fool and The Feast of Fools, and modern day pagans can invoke the trickster gods in curious rites. Tricksters and frauds in the religion racket are covered also on our Great God Hoax page. Our Theory page explores the characteristics of the Trickster from various perspectives.