Writing 111 N: Trickster  

The trickster figure Reynard the Fox as depicted in an 1869 children's book by Michel Rodange. Image from Wikimedia Commons.

Some major trickster figures (in Encyclopedia Britannica and Encyclopedia Mythica):

• Brer Rabbit
• Coyote
• Puck
• Loki
• Leprechaun
• Anansi
• Kumiho
• Alyosha Popovitch
• Legba
• Wisakedjak 
• Domovoi
• Manabozho

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Encyclopedia of fable.

Call Number: PN980 .S66 1998

Fools and jesters in literature, art and history: A bio-bibliographical sourcebook.

Call Number: PN1583 .F66 1998

ISBN: 0313297851

Encyclopedia of folklore and literature

Call Number: PN41 .E48 1998

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Clowns & tricksters: an encyclopedia of tradition and culture.

Call Number: GR524 .C48 1998

Storytelling: An encyclopedia of mythology and folklore.

Call Number: GR35 .S76 2008

Folklore: An encyclopedia of beliefs, customs, tales, music, and art

Call Number: GR35 .F63 1997

African folklore: an encyclopedia

Call Number: GR350 .A33 2004

The Greenwood encyclopedia of African American folklore

Call Number: GR111.A47 G74 2006

Encyclopedia of American folklife

Call Number: GR105 .E53 2006

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The Cambridge companion to Greek mythology.

Call Number: BL783 .C36 2007

Handbook of Egyptian mythology.

Call Number: BL2441.3 .P56 2002

The Oxford companion to world mythology

Call Number: BL312 .L44 2005

The encyclopedia of Celtic mythology and folklore

Call Number: BL900 .M66 2004

A dictionary of African mythology: the mythmaker as storyteller

Call Number: BL303 .S24 2000