Tricksters dance through the stories of cultures around the world, causing chaos, teaching lessons, and making us laugh at their clever antics. These mischievous characters blur the lines between hero ...

Found throughout cultures, this timeless character archetype is a folkloric figure embodying the spirit of mischief, humor, and unpredictability. They are a witty, cunning, chaotic, and sometimes ...

Smithsonian’s James Deutsch says that behind the character in the new Marvel Studios series lies the oft-told story of “guile” outsmarting authority James Deutsch | Senior Content Coordinator, ...

Ghost Adventures visits the Wolf Creek Inn, where there are several paranormal legends that could be related This week Zak Bagans and the Ghost Adventures crew are headed to the Wolf Creek Inn, Oregon ...

Tyll Ulenspiegel is a German mythological figure who crosses political and social boundaries, exposing their hypocrisy. In his new novel, author and playwright Daniel Kehlmann brings this fictitious ...

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The episode sees the hugely-anticipated return of Mark Hamill, who played the villainous Trickster in the 1990 version of The Flash. Adding symmetry to that will be the fact that Henry Allen, played ...

America 2013 is a far cry from the days of Patrick Henry (“Give me liberty or give me death!”) and even the days of Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. It’s a brave new world 30 years beyond ...

The human propensity to believe the improbable keeps church doors open (1). It is also the reason that confidence tricksters live well. Perhaps prophets are merely con men who specialize in the ...