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Trickster and Hero : Two Characters in the Oral and Written Traditions of the World.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (232 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780299290733
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Trickster and HeroDDC classification:
  • 809/93352
LOC classification:
  • GR524
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Some of the World's Tricksters -- Part One: The Trickster, Preparation for the Hero -- 1. African Profane Trickster Tales -- 2. Mantis and Legba, Divine Tricksters -- Part Two: The Trickster in the Hero -- 3. The Winnebago Hare -- 4. Ibonia -- 5. Sunjata/Sundiata -- 6. The Odyssey -- Part Three: The Hero, with the Trickster at the Center -- 7. Mwindo -- 8. Gilgamesh and Beowulf -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: The Trickster Lives! -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Some of the World's Tricksters -- Part One: The Trickster, Preparation for the Hero -- 1. African Profane Trickster Tales -- 2. Mantis and Legba, Divine Tricksters -- Part Two: The Trickster in the Hero -- 3. The Winnebago Hare -- 4. Ibonia -- 5. Sunjata/Sundiata -- 6. The Odyssey -- Part Three: The Hero, with the Trickster at the Center -- 7. Mwindo -- 8. Gilgamesh and Beowulf -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: The Trickster Lives! -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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