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Author:   Paul Radin ,  Carl Kerenyi ,  C. G. Jung
Publisher:   Schocken Books
Imprint:   Schocken Books
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.10cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.234kg
ISBN:  

9780805203516

ISBN 10:   0805203516
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   13 September 1987
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introductory Essay by Stanley Diamond xi Prefatory Note by Paul Radin xxiii PART ONE: The Trickster Myth of the Winnebago Indians I. The Winnebago Trickster Cycle 3 II. Notes to Pages 3-53 54 PART TWO: Supplementary Trickster Myths I. The Winnebago Hare Cycle 63 II. Notes to Pages 63-91 92 III. Summary of the Assiniboine Trickster Myth 97 IV. Summary of the Tlingit Trickster Myth 104 PART THREE: The Nature and Meaning of the Myth by Paul Radin I. The Text 111 II. Winnebago History and Culture 112 III. Winnebago Mythology and Literary Tradition 118 IV. The Winnebago Hare Cycle and its Cognates 124 V. The Winnebago Trickster Figure 132 VI. The Attitude of the Winnebago toward Wakdjunkaga 147 VII. The Wakdjunkaga Cycle as a Satire 151 VIII. The Wakdjunkaga Cycle and its Relation to other North American Indian Trickster Cycles 155 PART FOUR: The Trickster in Relation to Greek Mythology by Karl Kerényi, Translated by R. F. C. Hull I. First Impressions 173 II. Style 177 III. Parallels 180 IV. Nature of the Trickster 184 V. His Difference from Hermes 188 PART FIVE: On the Psychology of the Trickster Figure by C. G. Jung, Translated by R. F. C. Hull 195

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A fascinating excursion into one of the more curious byways of the mind . . . The Trickster should interest many besides professional anthropologists and psychologists. --Times [London] Literary Supplement

A fascinating excursion into one of the more curious byways of the mind . . . The Trickster should interest many besides professional anthropologists and psychologists. -Times [London] Literary Supplement

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PAUL RADIN (1883-1959), was an American cultural anthropologist and folklorist of the early twentieth century specializing in Native American languages and cultures, with a focus on the Winnebago Tribe. He was head of the Department of Anthropology at Brandeis University. Stanley Diamond is a Professor at the New School for Social Research.

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