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Tricksters In Modern Culture
Throughout history every oral tradition in the world has had trickster figures and tricksters have dominated the folk tradition. Tricksters usually appeared in animal pictures to convey their messages so that people can either believe or disbelieve their thoughts. I come from a culture, Afghanistan, where people had a strong belief on tricksters because it shows how tricksters dominated the culture. In addition to that, tricksters usually are mask wearing playing upon the acceptance of their opponents or tricksters succeed by outsmarting their opponents. In Norse mythology, Loki who plays the role of a trickster who is the son of Farbauti and Laufey. Loki’s relation with the gods are various because he sometimes assists the gods and sometimes

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