Animal as trickster

Motif

Animal as trickster.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Clever persons. · view the constellation · filed as J1117

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 46XLVI. THE SON-IN-LAW TESTS *°
North American IndigenousMyths of the Cherokee, Quadruped Myths — Myth 1515. the fourfooted tribes
North American IndigenousMyths of the Cherokee, Quadruped Myths — Myth 2626. HOW THE DEER GOT HIS HORNS

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 294.

Within the index

Filed under Clever persons.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Jackal as trickster Coyote as trickster

Filed beside it

Clever girl Clever wife Clever boy Clever servant. (Cf. J1111.6, J1341, J1561.4, N25, P360, W111.2.)Clever professions Foolish person becomes clever Clever bird Clever younger generation Clever court jester

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