Tricksters: An Introduction: Crash Course World Mythology #20

Can you do shango?

A trickster helping people is basically them breaking a rule because it’s terrible and won’t force themselves to follow it

Female trickster eris c:

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African trickster = bad, European trickster = shenanigans
Script writers, your bias is showing.

We all have tried our hand in bamboozling someone into doing our work.... America in a nut shell. But who the true trickster in America's story.

cool

Welp, that’s a true chaotic neutral in mythology

I never heard this story about anansi killing a dwarf

This is a honest question why are men just considered tricksters because eris she caused the war with Troy by having three goddess fight over a golden apple all because she wasn’t invited to a party.

I speak Ancient Egyptian.

The Anansi stories originated from the Asante/Ashanti tribe of the Ghanaians. Anansi means spider in Twi. His stories are normally told to explain why things are what they are like why a turtle has cracks/grooves and stuff like that.

Im from the Netherlands. My dad is dutch and my mom is from Surinam (South-America). I grew up with the stories about Anansi.

Now I see there's more than one Anansi story!

What about Eris Discordia and the Principia Discordia?

said you'd do hercules later and did immediately did hercules smh. i wanted to hear about anansi

Luvale (zambia) lore has a spirit called ndondo normally depicted as a small child with a large greedy belly always causing trouble

In Namibia some of the people still believe in tricksters or as they are called here, the tokolosie (toh-koh-loh-see) and they keep their beds on bricks so it can't reach them while they sleep since the tokolosie's are short.

I trust the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-"man"

I got a reading and told I was a trickster but I’m nice lol

They also show that we can't have a trickster society

This myth could have served as a rite of passage or a preparation for the real state of the human condition I.e the consequence of injustice or even an attempt to enhance critical thinking .

Did I miss Eshu?

Atlas held up the sky, not the world. Common misconception :)

Anansi story is hillarious! I laughed so hard!

I don't think I've ever tried to trick someone into doing my dirty work.

Atlas does not hold up the Earth, just the sky. The whole holding the world thing is a misconception.

I'd say it's a myth, but...

Prometheus wanted mankind to have greater knowledge, so he gave them fire, and the supreme God Zeus punished him.

Cut from the Bible, Lucifer actually wanted humans to have knowledge, and rebelled against Yahweh's restrictions. Yahweh didn't like this, so he cast Lucifer out and turned him evil.

I think Lucifer and the Devil are two separate beings. I think the latter used the former as a host.

This story is also in myths with Enki. Enki created humans and presumably liked them, while Enlil, who became Yahweh, hated them.

Interesting how that was twisted, eh?

Also dragons are evil to the west but benevolent to the east.

I keep hearing, "A nazi."

What about Tukuma .?

TOD IS A HOOOOOOSSSSTTTTT !!!!!!!!!!

Trickters stories are fun!

Thoth is the cutest thing ever I was really excited when he was gonna host the show

It's like doing an episode on lil Wayne's single 'drop the world'.
Don't take it seriously. I mean. Come on, man!

Imagine if Tyrion heard that dwarf story.....

My cousin is called Anansi

Close minded interpretation of these stories thanks euro

Ha, you got me there, good opening joke. I was bleak there for a sec. I really enjoy your course. Tote could never do better than you Mike. Thank you for making me laugh and learn.

so who's loki's doop?

Kinda wanted Thoth to host the show. . . . . :-P

But the rabbit was also trickster of Cherokee.

im in love with thot SO CUTE!

The Joker and Bugs Bunny are the American trickster Gods

Who else skipped through the Greek part?

what is the name of that story!!!

maybe if anansi had sang a bts song, it would have brought awesome rain

I love the way Anansi was drawn.