Who are the Tricksters from Mythology and Folklore?

Meet the clever, the cunning, and the chaotic—the Tricksters of mythology and folklore! From mischievous gods to crafty animals, these legendary figures have shaped cultures with their pranks, schemes, and clever antics.

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Written by Jason Collier
Narrated by Adam Marsdin

Artwork where original source could be found. Please contact for credit:

#mythology #folklore #tricksters

[DEATH]

I remember seeing a book about a god court where tricksters were lawyers. coyote, Loki, Anansi as lawyers always made me laugh. Wish I could find it again

[kevinnorwood]

I think Anansi was the first trickster god I ever learned about.

[curtislavallee]

I'm 1st Nations, Saskatchewan, Canada, we have "Nannabush" and "The lil People"..

[ionevenknou-_-]

Fun fact The disney adaptation of the Brer rabbit was the controversial movie " The song of the south "

[Peecamarke]

Great Video, I’m Ibo but had never heard of Esu from Yuraba mythology! 😮 👍🏿

[dumdebadaba]

Sly Peter and Matchmaker Fox (Хитър Петър и Кума Лиса) are involved in literally hundreds of classic Bulgarian stories, fables and fairy tales. There are so many, that they are classified. For example, Sly Peter has a number of stories where he tricks Nastradin Hodja (a Muslim folk hero). Matchmaker Fox tricks her "Best Man Wolf" (Кумчо Вълчо) in a whole cycle of stories.

[salvatoreindelicato]

I don't know you guys, but....






i WANT and NEED a ocean eleven style movie with Hermes, Loki, Anansi, Wu kong and Susanoo as the main characters

[milutinstankovic]

Loki's like a class clown in Asgard

[staciemiller]

We have a family song that my Nana used to sing to me about "Beau Reamus, " which, in the only other version of the song that I can find, is "Bon Reynard." I have looked all over the internet for this song and can only find one other mention of it, but I wonder if it's about the same trickster...🤔

[Basackwrds]

My favourite archetype. Pull you into enlightenment backwards. Its like spiritual sarcasm. Socro-tease.

[aelisedasilva]

First non Brazilian video I’ve seen that talks about Saci and Curupira!!
Fun fact: October 31st is officially Saci’s day and not actually Halloween in Brazil, and it’s meant to celebrate brazilian folklore as a whole instead of international folklore!

[Lucinda-zrsu]

I was glad to see they mentioned Kokopeli the native American trickster.

[Cheesebng]

Your voice is PERFECT for reading the Star Wars: Thrawn books

[edgmolk]

3:23 juha isnt the corrent name his name is Nasreddin and bacause he is a wise figure we call him nasreddin hodja. in turkhis we dont call people by names if they are older or your teacher just line in japanese culte we add "abi, abla, teyze amca" depending on age and gender hodja is someting like sensei in turkhis

[NormalWinterFox]

Oh look a video of all my fave gods 😂 cause apparently I love chaos 😂😂

[keip]

The trickers of old make more sense.
True Discord exists; the pleasures of a Tricker.

[FrithonaHrududu]

I used to have a coyote-dog named Loki.

[MarvinSinclair-qx]

i thought anansi was all us 😮🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[yourcordialvermillionchapw]

Ah yes, my favorite old folkloric legend...
The Orginal "Humorously Flavored, Yet Dimensionally Layered" Donkey Kong From Ancient China.

[teriiyaki_god]

Soo close to a Eddie reference in the intro