Extras
Welcome to an extras page where you can find some links to other scholarly works that might help in teaching about the Trickster! There are also works that I have written that could relate to Tricksters, as well as an annotated Bibliography of a few sources I find could be helpful.
PowerPoint
Here is a power point that was created as a guide to teaching 11th Grade English students about the Trickster Archetype. It includes lesson plans and fun projects to due, as well as an ending goal.
Lesson Plan
Here is a simplified version of the lesson plan from the power point. It is designed to for 11th grade English students and covers the general course of about 8 weeks.
Essay
Here is an essay about the poem To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick. This poem is examining the Libertine character of the narrator. The persuasiveness and trickery of the Libertine archetype could be useful in delving into the Trickster Archetype.
Sources for More Learning
Here are some sources I found that could be useful to you when learning or teaching about Tricksters or Mythology. If you are interested in an Annotated Bibliography layout download it here.
Myth and Knowing: An Introduction to World Mythology by Scott Leonard and Michael McCLure
This book is full of information regarding Mythology and its Archetypes. Leonard and McClure discuss the importance of Mythology and how it has evolved over time. The five archetypes they go over in the book are Creation Myths, The Female Divine, The Male Divine, Trickster Myths, and Sacred Places. With each chapter the archetype is explained and then several examples from different cultures are given that demonstrate the archetype. This book can be very useful to anyone looking for more information on myths or looking for a teaching instrument.
The Trickster: A Study In American Indian Mythology by Paul Radin
In this book Radin looks into the Trickster archetype in the Winnebago Trickster Cycle. They look through an anthropological and psychological lens to see the roles in which this trickster fills. Due to the trickster holding so many different roles in mythology the analyses of this trickster is an example of this archetype in action in a cultures myth. This book can be used to aid in teaching about the trickster archetype as well as delving into a specific one.
“Mocking and farting: Trickster imagination and the origins of laughter” by Angi Buettner
This essay by Angi Buettner looks into how the Trickster imagination has been used and appropriated by people who were formerly colonized in order to reinvigorate the material for their cultural transformation and critiques. Buettner looks into the tricksters best used weapon which is laughter and how it is used in these changing cultures. The essay takes a fresh look at postcolonialism in mythology of those natives who were affected.
This is available at https://ro.uow.edu.au/kunapipi/vol31/iss2/11
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