Mythical Trickster Figures

The first substantial collection of essays about the trickster since 1955 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