This whole classification of myths was new to me- and I really liked the way the text grouped the types. After seeing the presentations I was made eerily aware of some of the cosmic connections that have continued for thousands of years. The relationship of fathers and sons is interesting, and whether Norse or Greek there was drama. Our trickster group was able to find many modern examples- because let's face it- in this relative generation we are living in the trickster times. Not male divine, not female- trickster- at least in America. Where evil can be good and good evil- all is supposedly subjective and enlightened- but I think it is just another cycle with a title. Postmodern times are reliably unreliable, and it still seems slightly stale to even try and talk about this whole thing. I do think that tricksters are doing so well today perhaps because of years of suppression. Africans and American Indians have some of the strongest trickster characters, and their cultures were squelched until recently. To have the trickster be the creator or one person with long term vision is frightening to traditional western thinking. I think it is a mistake to always associate him with the devil, but see how people in power could think of "him" as a negative influence. Maybe he is confusion incarnate- the kind that makes you work things out for yourself. As discussed in the outline our group gave out- to define a trickster is pointless- but maybe that is the point. tricky.
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