Talk:Trickster

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 24 August 2018 and 18 December 2018. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Daydreams92.

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A quick question regarding its classification as a religion
Does this truly fit into religion? At most I thought this would go into folklore but it goes all the way to Jungian Psychology. What gives?

Let’s Discus Style Over Content Here:
It seems there is a lot of discussion here about content when large portions of the text are not attributed.

It seems fine to be if it’s a sortable table of Trickster characters that can be sorted by country, continent, media, era and so on: this would be functional and useful.

There are swathes of characters left out, maybe a sortable list will help future additions.

Hub
It seems to me it is an important hub but the main text is not helping as it’s rambling and not verified with citations.

Hands Up?
Is there the will & interest to create a team to tackle this as a project?

Contact me, Dave.

--Spinner (talk) 21:58, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Trickster - Role in African American literature
This section in particular: [] seems to be scholarly research and although references are made the main text seems to be based on the contributors opinion. As such it's not within wiki guidelines? Spinner (talk) 12:36, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

"In Slavic folktales, the trickster and the culture hero are often combined."

An citation for this? Spinner (talk) 12:52, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

I did a few hours editing this for the sake of clarity. I hope it doesn't tread on anyone's toes.

With respect for the original contribution, which i find very interesting i think it deserves a page on it's own BUT: at present it is wide of the Wikipedia Guidelines.

I'm delving into setting up a Wikimedia 'project' on this Trickster topic as it seems a hub that covers a whole range of subjects from Clowns to Religion and is worthy of more effort. Wish me luck. I may be some time... :-)

Spinner (talk) 14:12, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Not an archetype!
I've removed the section claiming the trickster is an example of a Jungian archetype, as this is a false statement based on a common misunderstanding of the Jungian concept. This is discussed in more detail on the talk page for Jungian Archetypes. 90.196.143.240 (talk) 13:31, 9 August 2022 (UTC)