Recommended Books about Tricksters in Native American Mythology Humorous Plains Indian legends about the trickster Coyote tricking foolish people out of their possessions. Rabbit and Big Man-Eater The Adventures of Rabbit and Big Man Eater Rabbit and Big Man-Eater Rabbit Kills Big Man-Eater:Īlabama stories about Rabbit using trickery to defeat a man-eating monster.Ĭoyote Gets Rich off the White Men Coyote Shows How He Can Lie Coyote and Wasichu: The Theft from Sun The Fire-Leggings Sun Teaches Veeho A Lesson:īlackfoot and Cheyenne trickster tales about an unwise attempt to steal the Sun's pants.Ĭaddo folktales about the trickster Coyote and his humorous attempts to catch turkeys.Īymara story about two trickster animals. Swampy Cree trickster myth about a rock punishing Wesukechak for taunting it. Native American legends about trickster characters using their wits to slay monsters. Plains Indian legends about antisocial trickster figures killing careless or poorly protected children. Northeastern and Southeastern Woodland stories in which the trickster traps the sun in a snare. When Tcikabis Trapped The Sun Snaring the Sun: Two Mohegan trickster stories about Big Eater playing tricks on people. ![]() Online collection of seven Alaskan Athabaskan legends about the trickster Raven.Ī series of Potawatomi trickster tales about Raccoon.Ĭhahnameed Squeezes the Stone Chahnameed the Glutton Wins the Eating Match: Wiza'ka'a and the Buzzard The Trickster's Great Fall and his Revenge How Wisakatchakwa Got Into Some Trouble:Īlgonquian trickster legends about the irrepressible hero Wisaka falling from the sky. Ojibwe legend about Otter tricking Bear into losing his tail. Native American stories about trickster heroes being carried off by an unwisely lassoed flock of birds.Ĭherokee legend about a tricky Rabbit outsmarting himself. Stories about Native American tricksters convincing gullible prey animals to shut their eyes. Wenebojo and the Dancing Geese Manabozho and the Hell-Diver The Shut-Eye Dance: Stories in which the trickster characters evade pursuers by changing shape and fooling them. Rabbit Calls a Truce Run, Rabbit, Run Rabbit and Otter: Native American trickster myths about fire being stolen from beings that refused to share it with the people. Native American trickster stories from various tribes about animal tricksters unsuccessfully trying to mimic theįood collection methods of other species. The Lazy Rabbit Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting How Rabbit Got His Split Lip Rabbit and Otter: ![]() Raccoon Learns A Lesson: The Deceived Blind Men Trickster and the Blind Men:Īlgonquian folktales in which trickster figures play pranks on blind men. Native American Trickster Stories Azban the Raccoon:Īn Abenaki Indian trickster animal loses a shouting match with a waterfall. Native American Tricksters from Various Tribes How can the Trickster use his or her wits to solve the problem? Or to outwit the Evil Character? Remember: Tricksters survive by their wits–by tricking people.Native American Tricksters of Myth and Legend Remember your Setting and your Character Traits and try using them to create a problem.ħ. Or maybe the Trickster has done something to mess up his own life. The problem might come from the Strong Character who has lots of power.Maybe he is making the Trickster’s life miserable. (For example, Malese needed new shoes, or ingredients for a rum cake, or a ride home.) Lazy * Selfish * Greedy * Sly * Charming * Liar * Boastful * Sneaky * Vain, stuck up * Hard-working * Loyal * Near-sighted * Thief * Generous * Power-hungry, ambitious * Backstabber * Stubborn * ProudĦ. Give Personal or Physical Traits to all the Characters. This character IS powerful (big, or rich).ĥ. Choose one of the characters who doesn’t have any power.Ĥ. Seals * whales * killer whales * polar bears * penguins * fish * sharks * sea gulls * crabs *jelly fishģ. What animals or people might live in such a setting? For example in Antarctica you might have: Now brainstorm characters, both weak and strong. This is often a character without power (strength or money) who has to live by his or her wits (think Malese or Brer Rabbit).Ģ. ![]() He or she is powerful and might be a little arrogant or evil–out to get the Trickster figure. So are the Anansi and Brer Rabbit stories.) Some of the characters that show up in trickster tales are: ![]() ( Please, Malese! is an example of a classic trickster tale. Read a few to get an idea of some of their key elements.
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