The trickster in West Africa : a study of mythic irony and sacred delight /

The trickster appears in the myths and folktales of nearly every traditional society. Robert Pelton examines Ashanti, Fon, Yoruba, and Dogon trickster-figures in their social and mythical contexts and in light of contemporary thought, exploring the way the trickster links animality and ritual transf...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pelton, Robert D.
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley ; London : University of California Press, 1989.
Edition:[Paperback edition.].
Series:Hermeneutics, studies in the history of religions.
Subjects:
Folklore > Africa, West.
Tricksters > Africa, West.
Folklore > Afrique occidentale.
Tricksters > Afrique occidentale.
RELIGION / Indigenous, Folk & Tribal
Folklore
Tricksters
Africa, West > Religious life and customs.
Afrique occidentale > Vie religieuse.
West Africa
West African tales > Characters: Tricksters
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Interpreting the Trickster
  • 2. Ananse: Spinner of Ashanti Doubleness
  • 3. Legba: Master of the Fon Dialectic
  • 4. Legba and Eshu: writers of destiny
  • 5. Ogo-Yurugu: Lord of the Random, Servant of Wholeness
  • 6. Towards a Theory of the Trickster.

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