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Nine timeless trickster tales from France, Persia, the United States, Sweden, India, Switzerland, Poland, as well as the Cherokee and Creek Peoples. These rollicking stories have a univeral appeal and can be cautionary, humorous, adventurous or embedded with moral values that date back to ancient civilizations. Pleasant DeSpain has an uncanny ear for collecting classic trickster tales that transcend time and place to appeal to anyone who loves a great story.

Nine short traditional and very entertaining folktales about tricksters, featuring selections from around the world.Trickster is a marvelous, mischievous, and energetic character found in various disguises in folktales from all around the world. Tricksters do things that are both foolish and wise, often at the same time. Best of all, a trickster's adventures can inspire us to use our own cleverness to outsmart the bullies of the world while creating some fun along the way.The nine tricksters in this volume come from all points of the globe, including: Persia ("The Smuggler"), India ("The Alligator and the Jackal"), Poland ("The Court Jester"), and France ("Reynard and the Fisherman").

Trickster is a marvelous, mischievous, and energetic character found in various disguises in folktales from all around the world. Tricksters do things that are both foolish and wise, often at the same time. Best of all, a trickster's adventures can inspire us to use our own cleverness to outsmart the bullies of the world while creating some fun along the way. The nine tricksters in this volume come from all points of the globe, including: Persia ("The Smuggler"), India ("The Alligator and the Jackal"), Poland ("The Court Jester"), and France ("Reynard and the Fisherman").