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The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology
by
Paul Radin
Anthropological and psychological analysis by Radin Kereny and Jung of the voraciously uninhibited episodes of the Winnebego Trickster cycle.
Paperback, 211 pages
Published
September 13th 1987
by Schocken
(first published 1954)
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5 stars because the myths herein are the finest in the world. Unfortunately, the essays that precede and follow are subpar. Also unfortunately, my entire review will not fit on Goodreads, so here I have limited my review to an introduction and explication of the myths. Feel free to write if you'd like to see more.
Stanley Diamond presents an interesting structure of western thought with the Book of Job as one pillar and Republic as the other, Radin lends interesting insight into some aspects of...more
Stanley Diamond presents an interesting structure of western thought with the Book of Job as one pillar and Republic as the other, Radin lends interesting insight into some aspects of...more
This was a pretty dry summary of a few of the most common Trickster myths in Native-American folklore. It was interesting but a little more specific than I had been hoping for (I forget how this got added to my list, but in subsequent research it seems like my interest in the Trickster figure might have been better fulfilled with the farther-reaching Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art).
My main disappointment with the book is that Radin is concerned almost exclusively with the Wi...more
My main disappointment with the book is that Radin is concerned almost exclusively with the Wi...more
A somewhat less self absorbed view (by the tale spinners) of good and evil (as we name them) than some mythologies. Very interesting.
I only gave it four stars because some of the material was tough sledding to get through.
What is interesting is the Trickster comes from a very long oral tradition and many of the creation details and the relationship of higher powers to man mirror other beliefs from around the globe and definitely predate some of the world's more modern religions.
I only gave it four stars because some of the material was tough sledding to get through.
What is interesting is the Trickster comes from a very long oral tradition and many of the creation details and the relationship of higher powers to man mirror other beliefs from around the globe and definitely predate some of the world's more modern religions.
The classic study of tricksters, I came to it through my engagement with Native literature. Radin uses a Eurocentric view of the trickster, one that doesn't always cohere with indigenous veneration, but his analysis is nevertheless valuable.
This is a fine book. Be prepared for humor regarding excrement.
The essays toward the end were somewhat dry, but the retellings of the myths were outstanding.
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