Trickster Mythology
The trickster archetype: a boundary-breaking figure — Loki, Unktomee the Spider, the Cherokee Rabbit, Hermes — whose deception, cunning, and rule-violation drive mythic change, often doubling as culture hero; sacred disorder as an engine of the cosmos.
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◆Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 16
“THE RABBIT GOES DUCK HUNTING The Rabbit was so boastful that he would claim to do whatever he saw anyone else do, and so tricky that he could usually make the other animals believe it all. Once he pretended that he could swim in the water a…”
◆Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 20
“HOW THE TERRAPIN BEAT THE RABBIT The Rabbit was a great runner, and everybody knew it. No one thought the Terrapin anything but a slow traveler, but he was a great warrior and very boastful, and the two were always disputing about their spe…”
◆Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 22
“THE RABBIT AND THE POSSUM AFTER A WIFE The Rabbit and the Possum each wanted a wife, but no one would marry either of them. They talked over the matter and the Rabbit said, “We can’t get wives here; let’s go to the next settlement. I’m the…”
◆Myths of the Cherokee | Myth 24
“THE RABBIT ESCAPES FROM THE WOLVES Some Wolves once caught the Rabbit and were going to eat him when he asked leave to show them a new dance he was practicing. They knew that the Rabbit was a great song leader, and they wanted to learn the…”