Culture hero as dupe or trickster

Motif

Culture hero as dupe or trickster.

Mythological motifs. · Demigods and culture heroes. · Nature of the culture hero (demigod). · view the constellation · filed as A521

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Scholars’ trail — 6references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

CelticMacCulloch Celtic 30
Irish mythCross. S. Am. Indian (Yunca, Peru): Alexander Lat. Am. 229, (Chiriguano): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 484
N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 294 n. 78
HawaiiBeckwith Myth 20
New HebridesCodrington 152–166
AfricanWerner African 213.

Within the index

Filed under Nature of the culture hero (demigod).

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Gods as culture heroes Animal as culture hero Giant as culture hero Extraordinary possessions of culture hero Good and bad culture heroes Physical characteristics of culture hero (demigod)Special powers of culture hero Culture hero has supernatural helpers

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