Books on Topic: 'Trickster'

This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythology and fo...

Reinaart de Vos is a 13th-century Middle Dutch epic poem that tells the story of Reynard the Fox, a cunning and mischievous trickster who outwits his...

Reineke Fuchs ist ein episches Gedicht, das von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe neu bearbeitet wurde. Es erzählt die Geschichte des gerissenen Fuchses Rein...

Franz Graf von Pocci's "Kasperl in der Türkei" is a collection of over 40 marionette plays drawing on themes from fairy tales and legends. At the cent...

Tijl Uilenspiegel is a beloved figure in Flemish folklore, known for his mischievous pranks and cunning escapades. This book, written by Jan Bruylants...

This collection of stories features Br'er Rabbit, a cunning rabbit who uses his wit to outsmart other animals. Based on African American oral storytel...

Nights with Uncle Remus is a collection of African-American folktales compiled by Joel Chandler Harris. The stories are told by Uncle Remus, an elderl...

This collection of poems and songs, compiled by Joel Chandler Harris, brings to life the rich oral tradition of African American folklore in the Ameri...

The Conjure Woman is a collection of seven short stories by Charles Waddell Chesnutt, set in the post-Civil War South. The stories feature a white car...

Reynard the Fox is a collection of allegorical fables that originated in the Middle Ages. The stories are centered around Reynard, a cunning and misch...

This humorous poem, told in verse, reimagines the classic tale of St. Dunstan and the Devil. The story, rooted in folklore and Christian mythology, re...

The Infallible Godahl is a collection of short stories featuring the titular character, a charismatic and clever gentleman thief. Godahl, akin to Raf...

This twelfth volume of Richard Francis Burton's translation of *One Thousand and One Nights* (Arabian Nights) continues the collection of tales told b...

Die Legenden von Rübezahl, wie sie von Johann Karl August Musäus in seinem Werk "Volksmärchen der Deutschen" präsentiert werden, erzählen von dem gehe...

This collection of South African folktales offers a diverse array of stories from the rich oral tradition of the region. From the fables of the San pe...