Trickster Tales : The Trickster, Gods, Spirits, And Master Cat

The second legend comes from the Phillipines. The Sigbin is a creature that resembles a hornless goat, and has the powers of invisibility. It has a large tail it uses like a whip, large ears that clap and make whistling noises, and emits a terrible odor. It comes out at night and sucks the blood of unsuspecting

Charles Waddell Chesnutt is an African American writer who writes many novels and short stories about African American superstitions and folklore of the south in “The Conjure Woman”. “The Conjure Woman” is a collection of folk tales that explore complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War. Chesnutt writes these stories in vernacular forms to represent the oral act of storytelling and express Chesnutt’s black identity and cultural heritage of African American people. Chesnutt's folktales are narrated either to teach the readers lessons or to represent how African American people are treated by whites as second class citizens. The following essay concentrates on superstitions and folklore in Chesnutt’s stories, and how Chesnutt uses African American folklore

Joseph explained the trickster hero as a very important figure in the Native American Mythology. His a kind of devil and fool and the creator of the world. He took the example of Yahweh, how he allowed the people to build the buildings, but once it was three stories high. He was afraid it was going to wreck heaven he comes down and flood the world. The biggest trickster move as Joseph described. Basically the trickster hero come in as an upsetting factor.

When analyzing all of the information provided in the two books, Witchcraft in Europe by Alan Charles Kors and Edward Peters and Magic and Superstition in Europe by Michael D. Bailey, there are a multitude of common themes that appear repeatedly in both pieces of work on the topic of witchcraft. These common themes vary in topic with some relating to the stereotypical appearance of witches, the actions witches performed, or even the legal procedures involving the conviction of witches. These themes do not only show themselves in those two pieces of work, but also in The Trial of Tempel Anneke by Peter A. Morton. While common themes can be seen in reference to Tempel Anneke’s trial, there are also many

Initially, it’s important to establish the tropes and traits of trickster gods, so I can establish a firm link between Rick Sanchez and trickster gods of old. This will give the social commentary and ‘myth’ of Adult Swims Rick and Morty a figurative leg to stand on. Beginning, let's define common traits and relay them to specific examples in trickster myths. Trickster God’s are often “wandering, bawdy, gluttonous, and obscene”(Levine 100) “selfish, amoral, foolish, destructive, and as the name indicates, given to duping others in his own interests”(Levine 100). They are also “culture heros”(Levine 100) “with god like power”(Levine 100). A poignant example arises in the episode Rick Potion no. 9 where in Rick attempting to secure his grandson Morty a date at a dance, makes him a love serum, which unintentionally infects the whole world with a virus that turns everyone into a David Cronenberg esque monsters. He is then forced to relocate himself and morty to another dimension of earth. This satisfies multiple of the requirements “wandering” (Levine 100) and “god like”(Levine 100) with the ability to pick and

Gods, spirits, and the supernatural are present in a max amount of trickster tales, these three words are a phenomenon that counter to the understanding of science and the laws of nature. “The sky-god kept all the stories”. This is an excerpt from the story How Stories came to Earth. This trickster tale is about a god who hoarded stories all to himself and did not wish to share any of them with anyone or anything neighboring him. Another story that contains examples of gods, spirits, and the supernatural is Coyote Steals Fire. The god, Thunder, was the caretaker of fire in this tale. Numerous amounts of people and animals wanted to acquire fire, to keep themselves warm and cook food. This story displays the presence of a god that was very self-indulgent

Trickster Stories, written by Paul Randin, is directed towards a Native American audience and serves to show the duality of Trickster. The story shadows the adventures and mishaps of a trickster figure. The quote takes place in the midst of his outlandish adventures and is found at the point during the story where he wishes to return home to his wife and son. This desire to return to his family and village shows that despite his chaotic and destructive nature, he ultimately craves order and in some instances shows to create order as well.

“If you don't say the fields you are mowing belong to my master you will be chopped into little pieces.” Master Cat said this in the story puss in boots when he wanted to trick the king into thinking his master had wealth and land. Master Cat and How the stories came to earth are two different stories that have very different similarities and differences.

This was clever on the tricksters hand because Puss in Boots ended up killing the rabbit for a meal and really confuzed the king. Lastly, in Coyote Steals Fire the Coyote uses cleverness by flipping the dice

Reynard the Fox is a great example of my trickster definition, which states, Tricksters rely on deception in order to, either, obtain authority or to exploit their position of power. Reynard uses his quick thinking and mischievous acts to gain a position of power at the end of the story. When the Nobles send the bear to go get Reynard for a court hearing, Reynard finds a weakness in the bear, in honey. Once inviting him in “the bear thrust not only his nose, but both fore paws, into the crack” and at that moment Reynard “removed the wedges, and the tree clapped together”, leaving the bear as a prisoner (Guerber 4). After Reynard’s first court decision of innocent to his actions, he went back to his family with Lampe the hare. But Lampe did

There are certain elements that can be found in all trickster tales. One of those common elements is the appearance of gods, spirits or other supernatural beings such as fairies or trolls. In the three trickster tales that were assigned, gods spirits and the supernatural are found. In the African trickster tale about how stories came to be, How Stories Came to Earth, there is a supernatural element in the form of a god. In this story, the sky god, Nyame lives high up in the sky, where he keeps all the stories locked in a box for himself.

Imagine a spider that is able to catch a python, leopard, and other creatures that are bigger than it. This is from the trickster tale called “How stories came to earth”. Anansi, the main trickster of this story is a spider that looks like an old man who is told to capture four dangerous creatures, after he had done this task he received the sky god’s stories by tricking all of the creatures. Even though “How stories came to earth” and “Master Cat” are trickster tales, they are both similar and different.

Each of the statistics and skills are translated into specific parameters, reflecting the individual ability of each Servant. They display strength and speed far beyond normal humans, showing in battle displays likened to a "dimension that is completely at odds with the physical laws of this world." Simple hand-to-hand combat between two Servants is enough to wreck a city street in a manner able to be compared to having been carpet-bombed, damaging the ground with only their footfalls, cutting metal with only the backlash caused by their weapons clashing, and tearing away iron from simply brushing against it with weapons. The usage of their Ultimate Phantasms can easily leave an area in complete ruin, some displaying the capability to easily

Each of the given stories have supernatural elements. Whether it is a god, spirit, or just a supernatural, a trickster is guaranteed to come in contact with one of them. In the story, “How Stories Came to Earth,” the reader learns about the sky god who possesses all of the stories. The sky god is explained as powerful and having a loud voice which shows supernatural characteristics and that he has power over Anansi, the main character, in this passage. Furthermore, in the story, “Coyote Steals Fire”, readers learned about the antagonist, Thunder. In the beginning of the story it is said, “Thunder was a fearful being.” This quote represents how Thunder had power over the other animals and that is why no one chose to challenge him. Lastly, in the end of the story “Master Cat or Puss in Boots” readers get to learn about the Ogre. When Master cat, the trickster, comes in contact with the ogre because he wants his castle, he knows that he can shape shift.

In his collection of criticism on Poe's stories, Thompson discusses the use of the occult in "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains." He begins the article by explaining that this story might be the product of Poe's "fascination with, but detached attitudes toward, the pseudoscientific occultism of his age." He gives us some technical terms for the techniques that Poe uses in this story: "metempsychosis" is the transmigration of souls, and is the word that surfaces frequently throughout this discussion of "Ragged Mountains." First Thompson discusses the idea that Poe set up the tale in a very specific way; as he puts it, "Poe himself wove a web for the purpose of unraveling." He