Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: Since the end of the 19th century, many interpretations of the trickster's role and function have been developed.In the present article, prominent interpretations of the trickster are briefly summarized and subsequently applied to an exemplary trickster: the fox in the oral traditions of the southern Central Andes.The considered interpretations of the role and function of the trickster turn out to be somewhat problematic.For this reason the article proposes an alternative interpretation of the trickster, mainly founded on current research in cognitive anthropology.
Source: Anthropos
Author: Matthias Pache
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2990944299