ISBN:
9780817382858
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0817382852
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 265 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mythical trickster figures
DDC:
291.213
Keywords:
Tricksters
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Animals, Mythical
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Electronic books
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Tricksters
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Trickster
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RELIGION ; Comparative Religion
;
Animals, Mythical
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Mythical Trickster Figures, is the first substantial collection of essays about the trickster to appear since Radin's 1955 The Trickster. Contributions by leading scholars treat a wide range of manifestations of this mischievous character, ranging from the Coyote of the American Southwest to such African figures as Eshu-Elegba and Ananse, the Japanese Susa-no-o, the Greek Hermes, Christian adaptations of Saint Peter, and examples found in contemporary American fiction and drama. The many humorous trickster stories included are fascinating in themselves, but Hynes and Doty also highlight the wi
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-258) and index. - Description based on print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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