Trickster in West Africa

1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-0-520-06791-2
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 324 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 331 g

Reihe: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions

The trickster appears in the myths and folktales of nearly every traditional society. Robert Pelton examines Ashanti, Fon, Yoruba, and Dogon trickster-figures in their social and mythical contexts and in light of contemporary thought, exploring the way the trickster links animality and ritual transformation; culture, sex, and laughter; cosmic process and personal history; divination and social change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pelton, Robert D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. Interpreting the Trickster

II. Ananse: Spinner of Ashanti Doubleness

III. Legba: Master of the Fon Dialectic

IV. Legba and Eshu: Writers of Destiny

V. Ogo-Yurugu: Lord of the Random, Servant of Wholeness

VI. Toward a Theory of the Trickster

Appendix

Selected Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robert D. Pelton is a Roman Catholic priest, a member of Madonna House Apostolate.