Just Another Trick By Just Another Trickster

A collection of trickster stories, articles, and snippets from mythology and popular media. Take nothing as you see it. Question everything.This is just the beginning.

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[serenne-personal]

Dude's out here proving how rpg inventories really are possible

[denethir]

Hey real quick why am I turned on

[godspeedyoublackemperor]

lost it at the collapsible staff

[piggledy-higgledy]

I have witnessed my man do this at the airport security checks.

Top 10 memory right there.

But substitute the lock picks and collapsible staff for 3 rubber balls and a beanie-baby.

[sixteen-bees]

Clowns Care vs Trickster Care

Clowns and Tricksters are two amazing creatures with unique histories. However, I’ve seen some worrying posts on here that seem to suggest that tricksters are merely a sub-species of clown. Tricksters are amazing individuals and nothing like clowns!! Heres a lil comparison between the two:

DIET

CLOWNS - Clowns need to have a high sugar diet, at least 6 cups a day. Some good sources of this are cotton candy and funnel cakes, or other carnival treats (an extra bonus is that carnival treats will make your clown feel more at home!)

TRICKSTERS - Tricksters, unlike clowns, act very aggressive with the presence of high levels of sugar in their systems. They prefer a fast-food based diet. Pizza and french fries are a staple in any tricksters diet!

HABITAT

CLOWNS - A clowns natural home is the circus, however this can differ based on what subspecies of clown they are. In general, you will need to pitch a tent and fill it with tools they need to clown. 

TRICKSTERS - Tricksters have no real home. They were originally travellers, and so your trickster will be very antsy if its cooped up all day. Make sure to re-decorate your tricksters space often, and take it on plenty of walks!

APPEARANCE

CLOWNS - A healthy clown should have a bright red nose and lots of curly, coloured hair. Provide your clown with plenty of face makeup and costumes and they should be happy!

TRICKSTERS - Tricksters don’t wear costume makeup, but they are very fond of large, jewel-toned clothes. Their appearance can mimic jesters in many ways.

BEHAVIOR

CLOWNS - Clowns love to make people happy. They are entertainers at heart. Be careful though! Sometimes clowns will put the happiness of others over their own. Make sure to cheer your clown up regularly to avoid this.

TRICKSTERS - Tricksters love to trick others. Their tricks can range from harmless to disastrous, the severity depending on the trickster itself. Make sure to set up opportunities for your trickster to develop their own pranks, and encourage harmless ones!

[justanothertrick]

Ho boy. I’m getting called out in a post about Clowns as pets.

[everythingfox]

Watch the whole thing 💀

[we-are-trickster]

OwO

@theoutcastrogue

[justanothertrick]

Writing Loki – Why Your Novel Needs A Trickster

Mischievous and chaotic, the trickster is a character archetype that recurs throughout mythology, folklore, literature and pop culture. This

[mythos-theos]

Hi! So, this is a new series that we’ll be doing coming April 1st, 2017! (Nadya really loves tricksters, and thought April would be the perfect month, with April Fool’s and all). We’ll try to keep this as a masterpost for the series. Feel free to use this list for your own 30 Days of Mythical Tricksters, if you want! Tag us in any edits and we will reblog them as soon as possible. (Click on photos for better quality).

DAY 1: ANANSI

DAY 2: LAVERNA

DAY 3: LOKI

DAY 4: COYOTE  

DAY 5: ELEGUA

DAY 6: ATË

DAY 7: KOKOPELLI

DAY 8: ERIS

DAY 9: LUGH

DAY 10: KUMIHO

DAY 11: VELES

DAY 12: LILITH

DAY 13: WISAKEDJA  

DAY 14: BRUJA  

DAY 15: MĀUI

DAY 16: SET

DAY 17: HERMES

DAY 18: KITSUNE

DAY 19: ESHU

DAY 20: PAN  

DAY 21: SUSANOO

DAY 22: MONKEY

DAY 23: OLIFAT  

DAY 24: PROMETHEUS  

DAY 25: PUCK (SHAKESPEARE)

DAY 26: JOHN THE CONQUERER

DAY 27: DIONYSUS  

DAY 28: JACOB

DAY 29: MOHINI

DAY 30: INANNA  

[justanothertrick]

The Aztec coyote trickster god.

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[theotherrealm]

Trickster Figures in World Mythology!

Trickster Figures in World Mythology!

[crewman-penelope]

‘no conclusion could be made about Loki’

source

[justanothertrick]

The Complete History of Scary Clowns

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– SACRED CLOWNING –

The Gifts of Vulnerability and Openness,

“In my work as a performer and teacher of the Sacred Art of Clowning, I found that fear, awkwardness or just feeling vulnerable can either become a barrier or a gateway to creative expression. It all resides in the attitude. If I ignore my vulnerability, I split myself from my human reality in this moment, taking me away from authenticity into pretending. Another possibility came to me slowly, through my personal experience.

I went through stage fright before performances, especially in the beginning, and I asked myself, how would a Sacred Clown look at this? He would say ‘First, go inside to the roots of your being and listen to the silence.’ So I listened. Something was happening, thawing, melting.

Was I surrendering? My legs shook and trembled. I began playing, clowning with my fear. From then on, I played with my vulnerability in performances; fear was not an obstacle anymore. It had lost its seriousness, there was now an opportunity for enjoyment. I progressively came to realise that fear was very much a key in the transformative process of opening up to a Sacred Attitude, bringing humility and simplicity to the heart.

The clown is allowing himself to be vulnerable, to become truly naked to the present, to become empty. Then openness, an unstained perception can manifest, a veil is lifted to the realm of innocence and wonder. A sense of gratitude and a reverence for all things and all people emerge. Love and compassion fill the heart, carrying him, he feels held, as by an infinitively loving mother, holding her child.

In that sacred space, everything is alive, and becomes a source of creativity. A dull face in the audience, a balloon exploding, a light-shadow on the floor, dust flying in the air, a bald head shining… Everything around him starts to tell a story, taking him on a journey into the unknown…

A forgotten microphone stand takes over the stage. He feels left out, laughter in the audience calls him, he waves his hand, the stand is now looking at him severe and grave, and he shrinks under its power…

A story unfolds, where every object speaks, where everybody contributes, where there is an invisible link between all things and all people. Enchanted, he becomes an instrument being played, in service of the unseen. This is Magic. This is Sacred Art. This is the Sacred Clown.”

– Didier Danthois

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The most obvious characteristic of Sacred Clowns is that they are full of contradictions. Sacred Clowns are a mixture of innocence and wisdom. On the one hand they act foolishly, apparently without any thought, without any conscience; and, on the other hand, they speak like “wise priests,” speaking the truth, speaking prophecies.

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Sacred Clowns are adept at uniting joy with pain, acting on the higher and more inscrutable imperatives of the Great Mystery. They tend to govern transition, introduce paradox, blur boundaries, and mix the sacred with the profane. They are called upon to re-establish the bridge between the physical and spiritual worlds. They dare to ask the questions that nobody wants answers to. They are the uncontrollable avatars of the Trickster archetype, constant reminders of the contingency and arbitrariness of the social order, poking holes in anything taken too seriously, especially anything assuming the guise of power. They are a conduit to forces that defy comprehension, and by their absurd, backwards behavior, they are merely showing the ironic, mysterious dualities that exist within the universe itself. Thunder Shaman Sacred Clowns understand that humans fail, and failing means that sometimes we need to change. They remind us that the goal is not to stick to the same old path, but to embrace the vicissitudes of life and to discover new paths and the courage it takes to adapt and overcome. Taking the universe into deep consideration, letting it be, and then letting it go, is far superior to clinging to a “belief” and becoming stuck in a particular view. Sacred clowns realize that the highest wisdom lies in this type of counter-intuitive detachment, in accepting that nothing remains the same, and then being proactive about what it means to change. Most importantly, they teach us that there is no such thing as an enlightened master. We’re all spiritually dumb.

Gary McGee, The Path of the Sacred Clown: Where Trickster and Shaman Converge (via she-initiates)

[l1ng]

i read JiM and Young Avengers and AoA and now i’m in love with loki forever

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A sketch of mythology Loki. I’ve been reading a lot about norse myths lately. I’ll try to post here more often, but you can check my instgram account for more constant updates! 

Account on instagram.com/_goldenkai

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Kennings, Heiti, and Other Alternate Names for Loki

A list of kennings and other names taken from Skáldskaparmál, Þórsdrápa, Haustlöng, and Lokasenna (possibly more to come in the future).

Relationships:

Sonr Laufeyjar: Laufey’s son

Sonr Nálar: Son of Nál [Laufey]

Sonr Fárbauta: Fárbauti’s son

Bróðir Býleists: Býleistr’s brother

Bróðir Helblinda: Helblindi’s brother

Geðreynir Gauts: Gautr’s (Óðinn’s) friend

Hrafn-Ásar vinr: Raven-God’s [Óðinn’s] friend

Hœnis vinr: Hœnir’s friend

Hugreynandi Hœnis: Mind-tester of Hœnir

Verr Sigynjar: Sigyn’s husband

Farmr arma Sigynjar: Sigyn’s arm-burden [lover]¹

Farmr arma galdrs hapts: Arm-burden [lover] of spell-bond/Goddess [Sigyn/Gullveig/Angrboða?]¹

Faðir Nara: Nari’s father

Faðir Ála: Áli’s father

Faðir Heljar: Hel’s father

Faðir Vánargands: Father of the monster of Ván³ [Fenrisúlfr]

Úlfs faðir: Wolf’s [Fenrisúlfr’s?] father

Faðir Jörmungands: Father of the massive monster [Miðgarðr serpent]

Faðir lögseims: Father of the sea-thread [Miðgarðr serpent]

Sleipnis frændi: Sleipnir’s kinsman

Frændi ok föðurbróðir: Kinsman and uncle

Geðreynir Gauts herþrumu: Mind-tester of the warrior of battle-thunder [Þórr?]*    

Sessi Óðinns ok ása: Bench-mate [companion] of Óðinn and the Gods

Trickery:

Firna-slægjan Fárbauta mögr: Fárbauti’s very sly son

Þjófr jötna: Thief of (from?) giants

Þjófr hafrs: Thief of the goat (♂)

Þjófr Brísingamens: Thief of Brísingamen

Þjófr Iðunnar epla: Thief of Iðunn’s apples

Bölvasmiðr: Mischief-maker

Inn slægi áss: The sly God

Hárskaði Sifjar: Sif’s hair-loss/hair-damage

Frumkveði flærðanna: Originator of deceit

Lævísi Loki: Cunning-wise Loki

Air/Birds:

Gammleið: Vulture-pathⁿ

Öglis barn: Hawk’s child²

Loptr: Air/Sky

Meinkráka: Harmful crow

Adversary:

Goða dólgr: Adversary of the Gods

Ráðbani Baldrs: Contriver of Baldr’s death

Rægjandi ok vélandi goðanna: Slanderer and trickster/betrayer° of the Gods

Þrætudólgr Heimdallar: Quarreling opponent of Heimdallr

Þrætudólgr Skaða: Quarreling opponent of Skaði

Rógberi ásanna: Slanderer of the Gods

Other:

Heimsæki ok kistuskrúd Geirröðar: Visitor and chest-ornament [?] of Geirröðr

Inn bundni áss: The bound God

Áss ragr (sá hefr börn borit): The queer^ God (who has born children)

Rög vættr: Queer^ being

Hveðrungr: An alternate name for Loki appearing in kennings#

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A Comprehensive-ish Catalogue of Loki's Children

Many people in Heathenry have the impression that our picture of Loki and his family/ies is coherent and unquestionable; Lists are generally limited to Váli, Narfi, Sleipnir, Hel, Jörmungandr, and Fenrisúlfr. In reality, however, our picture of “Loki’s children” is much more complicated, lacks cohesion, and is filled with uncertainty. Here is my attempt to catalogue as much as we know about attested and suspected children of Loki:

*Note: Except for the last item on this list, all of these are attested children and hence can reasonably be treated as Loki’s. I am not here to invalidate the worship of “Loki’s Family,” only to introduce some of the complications and scholarly debates about these figures*

–Sleipnir: Loki’s Son with Svaðilfari–

Loki’s connection with Sleipnir is attested in three places: Gylfaginning 42, Hyndluljóðⁿ st. 40/Völuspá in skamma st. 11, and in a kenning listed in Skáldskaparmál 23.

Gylfaginning 42 is where we find the familiar version of this myth, with Loki disguising himself as a mare to lure Svaðilfari away from the mason right before the wall of Ásgarðr is to be completed. Hyndluljóð st. 40 (also called st. 11 of “the short Völuspá”) simply states that “Loki…begot Sleipnir with Svaðilfari,” and the kenning for Loki listed by Snorri in Skáldskaparmál 23 is “Sleipnir’s kinsman.”

People have occasionally pointed to st. 25 of Völuspá as a possible allusion to the “Masterbuilder” myth, and, thus, a reference to Sleipnir’s conception as well. It is true that the narrative in sts. 24-26 (The wall is broken during the war, the Gods take council, Freyja is given to the giants, and Þórr fights in a way that breaks an oath the Gods have made) fit the basic structure of the Masterbuilder story. However, Loki’s placement here can only occur through a vague statement (“who had blended all the air with treachery”)* and Sleipnir as an outcome is completely absent.

Jan de Vries, Joseph Harris, Margaret Clunies Ross, and many others have pointed out the similarities between Snorri’s builder myth and a “builder” story found in folklore across Europe during this time. In “The Masterbuilder Tale in Snorri’s Edda and Two Sagas,” Harris argues that a version of the builder folktale found in Heiðarvíga saga may reflect a regional tradition at Berserkjahraun, where Snorri’s relatives lived. It is possible that Snorri was familiar with the basic structure of builder tales and constructed one to explain the obscure stanzas in Völuspá as well as kennings calling Loki the kinsman of Sleipnir. It is worth noting, however, that Snorri seems to have had access to a different version of the Eddic poems than the Codex Regius that we have today, so we do not know for certain what these stanzas would have looked like to him.

So, in summary, we have reason to believe Sleipnir is the son of Loki because:

Hyndluljóð st. 40 says he begot Sleipnir with Svaðilfari

There is a kenning calling Loki the kinsman of Sleipnir

Snorri’s masterbuilder myth bears some similarities to a stanza in Völuspá

The ‘cons’ of identifying him as Loki’s child:

Snorri’s Masterbuilder myth is extremely similar to a folkloric theme found in many places in Europe, perhaps suggesting borrowing

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