![]() ![]() Legend has it that he was born of a nymph named Maia and was sired by Zeus, the King of Olympus. Hermes is often shown to be fast, which is why he was given the task of delivering messages as no other could move with such pace. The Greek god Hermes was known to be many things including a messenger, a thief and one of the greatest mythical tricksters. ![]() He would then go back to first clan and promise that they would kill as many of their foes as he had buyers. Word has it that Daucina would then go into the target village disguised as a fisherman and sell them fish. Clans that wished to attack nearby villages would evoke his blessing. ![]() Therefore young women were warned to avoid Daucina and identify him by his unnaturally cold penis. Victims of his seduction are said to suffer from long-term health problems if they continued to sleep with him. He used lies and half-truths to work his way into the beds of women who could not help but resist his charms. Daucinaĭaucina is a deity who was known for his prowess at seducing women. It’s weird for a goddess to feature among infamous mythical tricksters! 7. ![]() She kept in similarly deceitful company as her companion was Dolos, the spirit of trickery and her foe was Aletheia the spirit of truth. He still has them to this day so that everyone knows he is a bandit.Īpate is goddess of Greek mythology who was credited as the spirit of deception and fraud. He took hot coal from the fire and marked black circles around Azeban’s eyes and tails. He saw Azeban rolling on the ground, laughing his heart out and decided to teach the raccoon a lesson. This caused them to fight and eventually Glooscap came along to mediate their quarrels. He’d come back with a bucket full of water and blame his friend for being lazy. When the second blind man went to fetch water, Azeban replaced the bucket in the water. He moved their bucket from the water into sand and when the first blind men pulled on the rope, he got nothing but sand leading him to believe that their river had run dry. Azeban saw this gift as an opportunity for mischief. Another God called Glooscap took pity on them and provided them with a rope and bucket to help them fetch water. In this tale, he came across two blind men who decided to leave town and take care of themselves so as not to be a burden to anyone else. He was not a particularly cruel god and went about tricking people for laughs rather than to harm anyone. The most common tale told of Azeban is the one that explains how the raccoon came to have black rings around their eyes. His tale was told among the Abenaki and Penobscot Tribes. Azeban the Trickster RaccoonĪzeban is a deity who took the form of a raccoon and also one among the most popular mythical tricksters. His preferred way of manipulating others is using their own desires against them such as when he convinced Nyame to give night and rain to the human race. In the tales told of Anansi, counted among the most infamous mythical tricksters, he is depicted as a wise trickster who uses his wit as a way to get what he wants out of animals that are bigger than him. In a way you can think of him as the original spider-man. The stories that they tell vary in their telling as there is no officially written account of his myth, however they all tell of his shape-shifting abilities. Anansi’s stories come from West African folklore and is common among the Ashanti people of Ghana. ![]()
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