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trickster tales forty folk stories from around the world
people of all ages love to watch the escapades of tricksters . in modern times we watch bugs bunny road runner and wile e. coyote even ace ventura and bart simpson . but these contemporary characters have roots in antiquity . the trickster is a universal archetype found in every culture anansi among the african people coyote in the american southwest raven in the pacific northwest rabbit in the american south the leprechaun in ireland fox in south america .
paperback august house publishers 1996 isbn 0874834503
abridged n isbn 13 9780874834505 number of pages 172 publisher natl book network release date 62135769600000 series title world storytelling