Trickster

Mythology[edit] Loki cuts the hair of the goddess Sif. Frequently the Trickster figure exhibits gender and form variability, changing gender roles and even occasionally engaging in same-sex practices. Such figures appear in Native American and First Nations mythologies, where they are said to have a two-spirit nature. Loki, the Norse trickster, also exhibits gender variability, in one case even becoming pregnant. He shares the ability to change genders with Odin, the chief Norse deity who also possesses many characteristics of the Trickster. In some cultures, there are dualistic myths, featuring two demiurges creating the world, or two culture heroes arranging the world — in a complementary manner. British scholar Evan Brown suggested that Jacob in the Bible has many of the characteristics of the Trickster: Coyote[edit] Coyote often has the role of trickster as well as a clown in traditional stories. More often than not Coyote is a trickster, but he is always different. Archetype[edit]

Nanabozho - Great Hare Manabozho in the flood. (Illustration by R.C. Armour, from his book North American Indian Fairy Tales, Folklore and Legends, 1905) In Anishinaabe mythology, particularly among the Ojibwa, Nanabozho [nɐˌnɐbʊˈʒʊ] also known as Nanabush[1] is a spirit, and figures prominently in their storytelling, including the story of the world's creation. Similar characters in other cultures[edit] Among the eastern Algonquian peoples located north of the Abenaki areas, a similar character to Nanabozho existed, called Tshakapesh in the Innu language, Tcikapec in Attikamek, Tcakabesh in Algonquin, Chikapash among the eastern James Bay Crees and Chaakaapaas by the Naskapi, changing to various animal forms to various human forms (adult to child) and to various mythical animals such as the Great Porcupine, or Big Skunk. Nanabozho name variations[edit] The Nanabozho name varies in the Anishinaabe language depending on whether it is presented with a n1 (first-person) prefix n- (i.e. Stories[edit] Notes[edit]

enlightenment is never complete -- the transpersonal joke Learning for me is an evolutionary thing. Quite often, when I write from the "Transpersonal Space" to the list - or to somewhere else - there is something in what I write for me - perhaps something that I have not yet put into words - perhaps another perspective from which to view life. The Cosmic (Transpersonal) Joke One thing I have learned during my own Journey is NEVER to say "I have completed all there is to complete of my own Psychology" and/or "I know all there is to know" and/or "I am enlightened, illuminated or spiritually evolved" Firstly this is to say there is an end to the Universe. and .. if neither of these apply, then your ego is doing a good job on you and the very next lesson will be the Cosmic Joke - The lesson of Humility You will either come down to earth with a very big jolt -or you will have a great bout of depression - or you will conspire with yourself to ensure that your next Transpersonal experience is waking up dead. That's the ego for you. The Illusion Enlightenment