The Trickster in the title is Kyprioth, the god of tricksters in Aly's world. Have you read other myths or novels related to tricksters? Do you have a little trickster inside of you?
And did you all catch from rgz LIVE! that Tamora based Kyprioth on Bruce Colville? Hee, hee.
So fun to hear the Bruce comment in the chat!
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Just Anansi the Spider from African folklore. And Greek messenger Hermes. Raven is a trickster to Pacific Northwest Native Americans. I just watched the French movie Amelie, and she certainly fits the role.
I am not a trickster at all!!!
Anasazi Boys by Neil Gaiman!
ReplyDeleteI forgot about Anansi! I loved that spider!
ReplyDeleteBaron Samedi from voodoo, the god of crossroads, healing, sex, and the crossroads between life and death. The Graveyard Hag, another trickster from the Daine books who also shows up in the Trickster books, is a mix of Hecate, goddess of the underworld and the crossroads, and Baron Samedi.
ReplyDeleteSun Wukong, the monkey king of China. Krishna, the trickster of Hinduism. Susano'o of Japan, who is also the storm god. Most pagan belief systems have a trickster, or more than one, because life likes to play jokes on you. Just because you aren't laughing doesn't mean that someone else is not!
I am too forthright and uncomplicated to have much of a trickster in me, though I very much love jokes and puns.
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