ISBN:
9780520341487
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (320 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions Series v.8
DDC:
398.352
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The trickster appears in the myths and folktales of nearly every traditional society. Robert Pelton examines Ashanti, Fon, Yoruba, and Dogon trickster-figures in their social and mythical contexts and in light of contemporary thought, exploring the way the trickster links animality and ritual transformation; culture, sex, and laughter; cosmic process and personal history; divination and social change.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- I. Interpreting the Trickster -- II. Ananse: Spinner of Ashanti Doubleness -- III. Legba: Master of the Fon Dialectic -- IV. Legba and Eshu: Writers of Destiny -- V. Ogo-Yurugu: Lord of the Random, Servant of Wholeness -- VI. Toward a Theory of the Trickster -- Appendix -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
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