Tricksters (part 2)
Shumaker, Daniel
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Greetings Everyone:
Just had another thought on "tricksters" ... Probably my favorite trickster
of all time would have to be Mr. Moose who never failed to drop the ping
pong balls on Captain Kangaroo.
Peace,
Danny
Jeff Briere
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Or how about Lucy who always pulls away the football before Charlie
Brown can kick it. Here's a thought: Does the existence of a Trickster
always necessitate the existence of a tricked person?
--
Jeff Briere
jkbr...@aiusa.com
A man can keep his self-respect
without shoving it down someone's throat.
--Shane
Gay Baines
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I think Calvin & Hobbes provide another example,
though neither is a trickster. They're probably
Twins.
I wonder if the "Twins" part was a result of the
breakup of the bicameral mind. (There I go,
bringing up yet another theory). :-)
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From: Jeff Briere
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Subject: Re: Tricksters (part 2)
Shumaker, Daniel
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Jeff Briere wrote:
>Or how about Lucy who always pulls away the football before Charlie
>Brown can kick it. Here's a thought: Does the existence of a Trickster
>always necessitate the existence of a tricked person?
Actually, I was thinking about the Muskogee legend which I mentioned
earlier. In that the "trickster" is himself "tricked" by his own nature.
The ultimate trickster in that story is God (aka Master of Breath, Great
Spirit) who wanted to give fire to the humans anyway - and got Cufe to give
it to them by reverse psychology, and then punished Cufe's disobedience.
What lessons might we learn by superimposing this cultural legend on
another - the Eden story?
Ultimately, we "trick" ourselves - no devil to blame it on, he didn't make
us do it.
Peace,
Danny