Trickster - in Oral Stories

In Oral Stories

• Abenaki mythology: Azeban
• African mythology: Ekwensu, Thlokunyana
• Afrocuban mythology: Changó
• Akan mythology: Kwaku Ananse
• American folklore: Brer Rabbit (or Compere Lapin) and Aunt Nancy, a corruption of Anansi (Anansee)
• Arabian mythology: Juha, Sinbad, Sheherazade, Genies,
• Ashanti folklore: Anansi
• Australian Aboriginal mythology: Bamapana, Crow
• Aztec mythology: Huehuecoyotl
• Babylonian mythology: Lilith
• Bantu mythology: Hare (Tsuro or Kalulu)
• Basque mythology: San Martin Txiki
• Brazilian folklore: Saci, Curupira
• Bulgarian folklore: Hitar Petar
• Bushmen/San Folklore: Kaggen
• Caribbean folklore: Anansi
• Celtic mythology: Fairy, Puck, puca
• Chilean mythology: Pedro Urdemales ("Peter Urdemales" in English)
• Chinese mythology: Huli jing (Fox spirit), Nezha, Red Boy, Sun Wukong (Monkey King)
• Cree mythology: Wisakedjak
• Croatian: Petrica Kerempuh
• Croatian mythology and later folklore: Domaci as group later personalized in Malik Tintilinic
• Crow mythology: Awakkule, Mannegishi
• Dutch folklore: Reynaert de Vos, Tijl Uilenspiegel
• Egyptian mythology: Set, Isis
• English folklore: Robin Hood, Puck, Brownies
• Estonian mythology: The Wily Ants
• Fijian mythology: Daucina
• Filipino folklore: Juan Pusong, Juan Tamad
• French folklore: Renart the Fox
• German folklore: Reineke Fuchs, the Pied Piper, Till Eulenspiegel
• Greek mythology: Eris, Prometheus, Hephaestos, Hermes, Odysseus, Sisyphus
• Haida mythology: Nankil'slas (Raven spirit), (Coyote)
• Haitian folklore: Anansi, Ti Malice
• Hawaiian mythology: Iwa, Kaulu, Kupua, Maui, Pekoi.
• Hindu mythology: Baby Krishna stealing butter, Narada, Mohini, Hanuman shapeshifting and teasing sages
• Hopi and Zuni mythology: Kokopelli
• Indonesian folklore: Kantjil, or kancil in modern grammar
• Inuit mythology: Amaguq
• Irish folklore: Leprechauns, Briccriu,
• Islamic mythology: Nasreddin, Genies,
• Italian folklore (Sicily): Giufà
• Japanese mythology: Kitsune, Susanoo, Kappa, Tanuki,
• Jewish folklore: Hershele Ostropoler
• Korean folklore: Kumiho
• Lakota mythology: Iktomi, Heyoka
• Levantine mythology: Yaw
• Maori mythology: Māui
• Mayan mythology: Maya Hero Twins, Kisin
• Mexican folklore: Pedro Urdemales
• Micronesian mythology: Olifat
• Miwok mythology: Coyote
• Nootka mythology: Chulyen, Guguyni
• Norse mythology: Loki,
• Norwegian mythology: Espen Askeladd
• Northwest Caucasian mythology: Sosruko
• Ohlone mythology: Coyote
• Ojibwe mythology: Nanabozho
• Philippine mythology: Nuno sa Punso, Tikbalang
• Polynesian mythology: Maui
• Pomo mythology: Coyote
• Pueblos dancing: Koshares
• Romanian mythology: Păcală
• Russian folklore: Ivan the Fool
• Scottish Gaelic mythology: MacRùsgail
• Slavic mythology: Veles,
• Spanish mythology: Don Juan, The Trickster of Seville,
• Tibetan folklore: Uncle Tempa,
• Tsimshian mythology: Txaamsm, Raven, 'Wiigyet (Big Man)
• Tumbuka mythology: Kalulu
• Ute mythology: Cin-an-ev
• Vodou: Papa Legba, Ti Malice, Baron Samedi
• Welsh mythology: Gwydion, Taliesin, Morgan Le Fay,
• West African mythology: Anansi,
• Yoruba mythology: Eshu, Shango,