Sentence examples for form of trickster from inspiring English sources

The western Eskimos along the Pacific and Arctic coasts have the Raven cycle, a series of tales centred on Raven, a protagonist whose role ranges from culture hero to the lowest form of trickster.

The first arrives in the form of the trickster god Coyote, who traipses through the novel in multiple guises.

As with other forms of culture, trickster tales are apt to develop and evolve when differing societies interact.

Uncertainty is one of Trickster's creative tools.

The usual plots are found in this collection of trickster stories.

Everyone has a story to tell about him: he comes across as mixture of trickster deity and Crocodile Dundee.

Much will depend on the form of the left winger Déo Kanda and the mercurial TP Mazembe trickster Trésor Mputu, plus the displays of the equally mercurial but slightly less tricky forwards Dieudonné Mbokani and Lomana LuaLua.

Actors have always been attracted to impostors and confidence tricksters, partly because acting itself is a form of confidence trickery and partly because it's a challenge to play characters pretending to be someone else.

Fire policy in the form of "Smokey and the Bandit #18," in which Smokey the Cop, equipped with shiny cruiser, flashing lights and siren, endlessly pursues the fast-driving trickster across the landscape.

Conjuring is one of the oldest forms of entertainment and throughout history, tricksters have amazed audiences by performing illusions of the impossible.

This troika of tricksters is determined to get your attention.