Re: Trickster

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1 total messages Started by F.Teagle Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:00

Author: F.Teagle
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:00

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> From:    Sherna Comerford <shernac@CAPACCESS.ORG>
>
> kslater asks:

>> Does anyone know of female tricksters?
>
>
> Wonderful question!  No I don't, offhand.  I do know a lovely story
> where Coyote's wife tricks him and Grizzley Bear.

Then there's the South Sea Island legend of the lady who cheated on
her husband in the usual way, and when he pursued her vengfully,
climbed onto a high tree branch. He joined her on the branch and she
proposed that they jump off together in a suicide pact and the mug
agreed, evidently not noticing that she had tied liana vines to her
ankles, thus inventing bungee jumping.

England and Wales have the legend of the Moragon, the shape-shifter
(now beloved of Star Trek). And then there was Vivienne, who killed
the wizard Merlin by luring him down into a cave and blocking off
the exit.

Frances.

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