Over one third of the tales were familiar to me. I love trickster tales so it was great fun for me to find old favourites and meet new ones. ![]() In a nice touch, Sherman ends the collection with variant of the opening Anansi story, this one imported from Jamaica. ![]() Among others in this section are Jack, the Lutin, and Anansi. The final chapter has a selection of stories about immigrant tricksters-tricksters whose stories were brought to North America from around the world and have become part of its folklore. The North American tricksters, which include Coyote, Rabbit, Saynday, Raven, Na'pe, and Manabozho, are all from Native American nations. This story is followed by four others from Africa, and then by stories from Europe, The Near East Asia and Polynesia, Meso- and South America, and North America. In this version Anansi's wife Aso does not appear and I rather missed her presence as his helpmate. It is the familiar tale of how Anansi got stories from Nyame, the Sky God. The collection starts with an Anansi story from the Ashanti people. All of them have their wits about them, much to the dismay of their adversaries. ![]() Some of the tricksters are human, others are animals, magical creatures or spirits. They are al here in this collection of tales along with others of their lesser-known trickster relatives. Think of the tricksters you know: Anansi, Tyl Eulenspiegel, Hodja, Coyote, Raven, Hare. Trickster Tales: Forty Folk Stories from Around the World retold by Josepha Sherman.
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