Such figures appear in Native American and First Nations mythologies, where they are said to have a two-spirit nature. įrequently the Trickster figure exhibits gender and form variability, changing gender roles. One of the most important distinctions is that "we can see in the Native American trickster an openness to life's multiplicity and paradoxes largely missing in the modern Euro-American moral tradition". The trickster in most native traditions is essential to creation, to birth". Humans had to have tricksters within the most sacred ceremonies for fear that they forget the sacred comes through upset, reversal, surprise. People could not pray until they had laughed, because laughter opens and frees from rigid preconception. "Many native traditions held clowns and tricksters as essential to any contact with the sacred. While tricksters are found in various cultural traditions, there are many significant differences between the tricksters of Indigenous peoples and those in the Euro-American tradition: This is primarily because of other stories involving these spirits: Prometheus was a Titan, whereas the Coyote spirit and Raven spirit are usually seen as jokesters and pranksters. In many Native American and First Nations mythologies, the coyote (Southwestern United States) or raven (Pacific Northwest, coastal British Columbia, Alaska and Russian Far East) stole fire from the gods ( stars, moon, and/or sun) and are more tricksters than culture heroes. For example, Prometheus, in Greek mythology, stole fire from the gods to give to humans. In many cultures, (as may be seen in Greek, Norse, or Slavic folktales, along with Native American/First Nations lore), the trickster and the culture hero are often combined.
The trickster is an enduring archetype that crosses many cultures and appears in a wide variety of popular media. The trickster, a figure who plays tricks or disobeys rules of behavior, is an archetype appearing in many cultures
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