LEADER 03135nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910778041903321 005 20230322211021.0 010 $a0-8173-8285-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000774960 035 $a(EBL)454481 035 $a(OCoLC)426526501 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000207684 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11196575 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000207684 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10237819 035 $a(PQKB)11028532 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9252 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454481 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10309854 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454481 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000774960 100 $a19920514e19971993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aMythical trickster figures $econtours, contexts, and criticisms /$feditors, William J. Hynes, William G. Doty 210 1$aTuscaloosa :$cUniversity of Alabama Press,$d1997. 210 4$aŠ1993 215 $a1 online resource (x, 265 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8173-0857-1 311 0 $a0-8173-0599-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-258) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments and Permissions; INTRODUCING THE FASCINATING AND PERPLEXING TRICKSTER FIGURE; HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THEORETICAL ISSUES: THE PROBLEM OF THE TRICKSTER; MAPPING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MYTHIC TRICKSTERS: A HEURISTIC GUIDE; A LIFETIME OF TROUBLE-MAKING: HERMES AS TRICKSTER; THE MYTH OF THE TRICKSTER: THE NECESSARY BREAKER OF TABOOS; THE SHAMAN AND THE TRICKSTER; THE EXCEPTION WHO PROVES THE RULES: ANANSE THE AKAN TRICKSTER; WEST AFRICAN TRICKSTERS: WEB OF PURPOSE, DANCE OF DELIGHT; A JAPANESE MYTHIC TRICKSTER FIGURE: SUSA-NO-0 327 $aSAINT PETER: APOSTLE TRANSFIGURED INTO TRICKSTER THE MORAL IMAGINATION OF THE ICAGURU: SOME THOUGHTS ON TRICKSTERS, TRANSLATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; INHABITING THE SPACE BETWEEN DISCOURSE AND STORY IN TRICKSTER NARRATIVES; INCONCLUSIVE CONCLUSIONS: TRICKSTERS, METAPLAYERS AND REVEALERS; Notes; Bibliography; Contributors; Index 330 $aMythical Trickster Figures, is the first substantial collection of essays about the trickster to appear since Radin's 1955 The Trickster. Contributions by leading scholars treat a wide range of manifestations of this mischievous character, ranging from the Coyote of the American Southwest to such African figures as Eshu-Elegba and Ananse, the Japanese Susa-no-o, the Greek Hermes, Christian adaptations of Saint Peter, and examples found in contemporary American fiction and drama. 606 $aAnimals, Mythical 606 $aTricksters 615 0$aAnimals, Mythical. 615 0$aTricksters. 676 $a291.2/13 676 $a291.213 701 $aDoty$b William G.$f1939-$01510898 701 $aHynes$b William J$01553419 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778041903321 996 $aMythical trickster figures$93813964 997 $aUNINA