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On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 1:19 PM, McLauchlan, Kevin <
Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> wrote:
> Ned Bedinger expounded:
>
>
> Where does that leave "trickster" as applied - many years ago, in
> separate places, though always as the English translation of somebody
> else's mythology:
>
> - Loki, the trickster
>
> - Raven, the trickster
>
> - Kokopelli...
>
> I suppose you could say that, since their respective religions have not
> triumphed into the modern age, the various tricksters are mockable as
> having been less than successful at their trade.
There may not be as many adherents as before, but the religions are by no
means dead.
And you are forgetting the most famous trickster of the modern age: Bugs
Bunny.
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