Ebook: The Trickster in West Africa: A Study of Mythic Irony and Sacred Delight
Author: Robert D. Pelton
- Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions, 8
- Year: 2023
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Edition: Reprint 2019
- Language: English
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The trickster appears in the myths and folktales of nearly every traditional society. Robert Pelton examines Ashanti, Fon, Yoruba, and Dogon trickster-figures in their social and mythical contexts and in light of contemporary thought, exploring the way the trickster links animality and ritual transformation; culture, sex, and laughter; cosmic process and personal history; divination and social change.
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