Paper Abstract
In 6 pages, the writer discusses examples of Trickster myths from two different cultures and demonstrates their distinguishing factors, as well as what they each have in common. They are the closest to the arche, or the beginning of the world of human consciousness. This is a time of ambiguity and ambivalence, when chaos warred with order and differentiation, and when the gods were born. The Trickster figure embodies human ambivalence and ambiguity through his cunning, unpredictable behavior Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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