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Trickster Tales: Stories of Cunning, Deception, and Subverting Order – Explore the Genre of Trickster Tales, Found in Cultures Worldwide, Where Clever and Often Amoral Characters Use Their Cunning, Deception, And Wit to Outwit More Powerful Foes, Break Rules, Cause Chaos, And Sometimes Bring About Creation or Change, Challenging Authority and Exploring the Boundaries of Acceptable Behavior Through Humor and Paradox.

Trickster Tales: Stories of Cunning, Deception, and Subverting Order 🦊 (Welcome, fellow mischief-makers and rule-breakers! Settle in, grab your favorite beverage – preferably something slightly illicit – and prepare to…
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Trickster Figures: Challenging Rules, Boundaries, and Authority in Folklore – Explore the Role of Trickster Characters Like Coyote (Native American), Loki (Norse), Anansi (West African), and Reynard the Fox (European) in Various Mythologies and Folktales, Figures Who Use Cunning, Deception, and Humor to Disrupt Order, Challenge Authority, and Often Bring About Both Chaos and Unexpected Creation or Change, Representing Ambiguity and the Subversion of Norms.

Trickster Figures: Challenging Rules, Boundaries, and Authority in Folklore (A Lecture in Mischief and Mayhem) (Image: A collage of Coyote, Loki, Anansi, and Reynard, all looking mischievous.) Welcome, welcome, fellow…