Re: tricksteresses

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1 total messages Started by Sherna Comerford Sun, 19 Apr 1998 00:00

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Author: Sherna Comerford
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 00:00

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kslater said:

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The other issue which seems to have not generated much
>discussion is what are the primary attributes of a trickster.  I argued
>that the main thing was that the trickster created a sitiuation in which
>the "victim" was led to believe a certain state affairs existed or was
>true etc., but instead the opposite was true.  However this in itself
>was not quite sufficient, as the climax of the story must in some way be
>ironic (argued for the ironic part less passionately).

A trickster satisfies our primal urge to rebel against authority (which
includes generally accepted moral codes.)  It comes out of the same
traditions and needs as April Fools Day, and the King's fool.  Trickster
stories are a way of blowing off steam against society in a socially
accepted way.

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