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Started by Shumaker, Daniel
Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:00
Re: Tricksters (part 2)
Author: Shumaker, Daniel
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:00
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--- Forwarded from mailing list. Reply to uus-l@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu --- Greetings Everyone: Just had another thought on "tricksters" ... Probably my favorite trickster of all time would have to be Mr. Moose who never failed to drop the ping pong balls on Captain Kangaroo. Peace, Danny
Re: Tricksters (part 2)
Author: Jeff Briere
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:00
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--- Forwarded from mailing list. Reply to uus-l@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu ---
Or how about Lucy who always pulls away the football before Charlie
Brown can kick it. Here's a thought: Does the existence of a Trickster
always necessitate the existence of a tricked person?
--
Jeff Briere
jkbriere@aiusa.com
A man can keep his self-respect
without shoving it down someone's throat.
--Shane
Re: Tricksters (part 2)
Author: Shumaker, Daniel
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:00
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--- Forwarded from mailing list. Reply to uus-l@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu --- Jeff Briere wrote: >Or how about Lucy who always pulls away the football before Charlie >Brown can kick it. Here's a thought: Does the existence of a Trickster >always necessitate the existence of a tricked person? Actually, I was thinking about the Muskogee legend which I mentioned earlier. In that the "trickster" is himself "tricked" by his own nature. The ultimate trickster in that story is God (aka Master of Breath, Great Spirit) who wanted to give fire to the humans anyway - and got Cufe to give it to them by reverse psychology, and then punished Cufe's disobedience. What lessons might we learn by superimposing this cultural legend on another - the Eden story? Ultimately, we "trick" ourselves - no devil to blame it on, he didn't make us do it. Peace, Danny
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