The myth of the Trickster βambiguous creator and destroyer, cheater and cheated, subhuman and superhumanβ is one of the earliest and most universal expressions of mankind. Nowhere does it survive in more starkly archaic form than in the voraciously uninhibited episodes of the Winnebago Trickster Cyc
The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology
β Scribed by Paul Radin
- Publisher
- Schocken
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 224
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Anthropological and psychological analysis by Radin Kereny and Jung of the voraciously uninhibited episodes of the Winnebego Trickster cycle.
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