Der göttliche Schelm: ein indianischer Mythen-Zyklus
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The myth of the Trickster--ambiguous creator and destroyer, cheater and cheated, subhuman and superhuman--is one of the earliest and most universal expressions of mankind. Nowhere does it survive in... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0805203516
ISBN13:9780805203516
Release Date:January 1988
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Length:211 Pages
Weight:0.67 lbs.
Dimensions:8.0" x 0.6" x 5.2"
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Earth-Based Religions Fairy Tales Folklore Folklore & Mythology Literary Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Mythology & Folk Tales Native American Native American Studies Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific DemographicsCustomer Reviews
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The trickster at about as strange as it can get
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Broken Film: Poems Raul Radin's The Trickster presents one of the more refreshingling un-filtered American Indian story cycles. Given its age the language does tend to be a bit creaky and the pacing can be a bit slow for modern tastes. But very few readers will fail to have at least one or two well worn scales ripped from their eyes by shocks to either narrative expectation or standard decorum as they work their way through this amazingly fertile and amusing myth. It is best to treat the tellings in this volume as transcripts, and then to replay them in your imagination to amplify the humor and humanity that are sketched out in the linear renderings. There is great stuff here when you replay it in the windmills of your mind.
Used but new(ish)
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Bought used for a very good price. Book in excellent condition. Came in mail in a matter of a few days.
Coyote on the couch
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Although occasionally dry, the connection between myth and psych is touched on here - distinguishing this material from more conventional anthologies of Coyote/Trickster legends. I might suggest the more readable Joseph Campbell, and indeed there's a bit of a connection between the two writers, and Carl Jung.There's new material here, even if a little too intellectual for some. Some of the legends were new to me, and the valuable tidbits made it worth wading through. Jung's contribution is unique. In summary: It's a slower read, but worth the effort.
Try to cut the essays a little slack
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
The introduction and other essays in this book suffer greatly from 'primitive peoples' syndrome (it was written a few decades ago). Ignore this: the best part of the book is the middle, where a Winnebago trickster story plus a few others are included, supposedly in full. If you believe Radin's description of collecting the myths (got them from an informant, translated by two more informants and 'tidied up' by him), then they seem to be pretty much OK.. certainly nothing obvious has been left out, as self-mutilation, genitals, and jolly exploits with faeces are still in there. Draw your own conclusions.
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