The Trickster Archetype by Rachel Rochat

Myth Character 1: Eris (Ancient Greece)

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Threw a golden apple between the goddesses Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite, claiming the most beautiful of them could have it. This event leads to the eventual Trojan War.

Quote from Apollodorus's "Bibliotheca"

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“For one of these reasons Strife [Eris] threw an apple as a prize of beauty to be contended for by Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite; and Zeus commanded Hermes to lead them to Alexander [Paris] on Ida in order to be judged by him.” (para. 41)

Source: Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Translated by Sir James George Frazer. MA, Harvard University Press; London, 1921.

Myth Character 2: Satan

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By tempting the humans to eat from the Tree of Knowledge, disobeying the Hebrew God, he caused them to be kicked out of paradise and be cursed with hardships and death.

Quote from the Old Testament "Genesis"

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“…The woman said, ‘the serpent deceived me, and I ate....' To the woman, [God] said, ‘I will greatly multiply your sorrows and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children…' Then to Adam, he said… ’Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil your shall eat of it all the days of your life” (Genesis 3:13-17)

Source: Life Application Study Bible New King James Version. Tyndale House Publishing, 1996.

Myth Character 1: Coyote

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Coyote will constantly lie to get out of trouble or to exploit other people. One such example was when he fooled the soldiers chasing him down that a walnut tree was actually a "money tree."

Quote from “Coyote Gets Rich off the White Man.”

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“Later Coyote sat down by a spring under a walnut tree, thinking about the soldiers that he knew was after him. He swept the ground clean under the tree and strung his money up on its branches. Pretty soon the soldiers came along, and Coyote said, ‘I’m going to tell you about this tree. Money grows on it and I want to sell it. Want to buy?’ The soldiers were interested, and Coyote told them, “It takes a day for the money to grow and ripen. Today’s crop is mine, but tomorrow it’s all yours. I’ll sell you this fine tree for all you pack mules.” (para. 8)

Source: “Coyote Gets Rich off the White Man.” First People website, https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/Coyote_Gets_Rich_Off_The_White_Men-Apache.html.

Myth Character 2: Anansi

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Anansi's greed, jealousy, and pride often leads him to deceive others to get what he wants. When his friend Lizard earned the daughters of the King, Anansi planned to frame him to get the princesses for himself.

Quote from "Why the Lizard Continually Moves his Head Up and Down."

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“He went to the King and explained that he was setting off next morning on a long journey…. Anansi begged that the King would command the cock to crow next morning, that Anansi might be sure of getting off in time. This the King readily promised.

As soon as night fell Anansi went by a back way to the cock’s sleeping-place, seized the bird quickly, and killed it. He then carried it to Lizard’s house, where all were in bed. (48) There he quietly cookedthe cock, placed the feathers under Lizard’s bed, and put some of the flesh on a dish close to Lizard’s hand. The wicked Anansi then took some boiling water and poured it into poor Lizard’s mouth, thus making him dumb.” (49)

Source: Barker, William, and Sinclair, Cecilia, West African Folk-Tales. Ebook ed., George G. Harrap & Co., 1917, https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/66923/pg66923-images.html#ch3.

Myth Character: Loki

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Frequently, Loki uses shapeshifting to cause, or get out of, trouble. He once turned into a gadfly to try and distract the dwarven blacksmith, Brock, to try and win a bet for the other's head.

Quote from "The Children of Odin"

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“But Brock was not left to work the bellows in peace. In to the forge flew a gadfly. It lighted on Brock's hands and stung them. The Dwarf screamed with pain, but his hands still held the bellows, working it to keep the fire steady, for he knew that the gadfly was Loki, and that Loki was striving to spoil Sindri's work.“ (page 37-38)

Source: Padriac, Colum. The Children of Odin. 1920, https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ice/coo/coo06.htm.

Link to "The Children of Odin"

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Modern Character 1: Doopliss

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Doopliss is a species in the Paper Mario franchise known as a “Duplighost”. He can disguise himself as anybody, but he can go further and steal their body and name, leaving the original a shadow.

Source: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Switch Version, Nintendo, 2024.

Link To Apollodorus's "Bibliotecha"

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Modern Character: Mephiles The Dark

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While he’s technically right that Sonic was the cause of the future becoming a wasteland of fire, he did not specify how he was the cause: Sonic’s bond with the princess and his untimely death triggered the events to occur. But by keeping this piece of information vague and unanswered, Mephiles could manipulate Silver’s desperation easily.

Source: "Sonic 06 Cutscenes (Sonic Episode) Part 3" Youtube, uploaded by gamelordabd, Aug 6, 2009.

Modern Character 2: Mimic the Octopus

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As the name suggests, he can shapeshift himself to look like anybody, even changing little details like damage in clothing or small aesthetics for extra flair. He cannot, however, get the color fully saturated, nor can he remove the suctions on his hands.

Source: Flynn, Ian, Tangle & Whisper Comics. IDW Publishing, 2019.