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INTRODUCING THE FASCINATING AND PERPLEXING TRICKSTER FIGURE
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THEORETICAL ISSUES: THE PROBLEM OF THE TRICKSTER
MAPPING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MYTHIC TRICKSTERS: A HEURISTIC GUIDE
A LIFETIME OF TROUBLE-MAKING: HERMES AS TRICKSTER
THE MYTH OF THE TRICKSTER: THE NECESSARY BREAKER OF TABOOS
THE SHAMAN AND THE TRICKSTER
THE EXCEPTION WHO PROVES THE RULES: ANANSE THE AKAN TRICKSTER
WEST AFRICAN TRICKSTERS: WEB OF PURPOSE, DANCE OF DELIGHT
A JAPANESE MYTHIC TRICKSTER FIGURE: SUSA-NO-0
SAINT PETER: APOSTLE TRANSFIGURED INTO TRICKSTER
THE MORAL IMAGINATION OF THE ICAGURU: SOME THOUGHTS ON TRICKSTERS, TRANSLATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
INHABITING THE SPACE BETWEEN DISCOURSE AND
STORY IN TRICKSTER NARRATIVES
INCONCLUSIVE CONCLUSIONS: TRICKSTERS, METAPLAYERS AND REVEALERS
Notes
Bibliography
Contributors
Index