Another take on the concept of a trickster is to see it as a change agent, as chaos, as potential and creativity. I am TOTALLY ignorant on this topic, but I did read an essay published by one of the Ojibwe nations about the role of Hare who is called a trickster by anthologists. Hare often gets in trouble by trying to be tricky and thus harms himself. This pattern jostles others into actions they might not have taken, often to their benefit.
Another take on the concept of a trickster is to see it as a change agent, as chaos, as potential and creativity. I am TOTALLY ignorant on this topic, but I did read an essay published by one of the Ojibwe nations about the role of Hare who is called a trickster by anthologists. Hare often gets in trouble by trying to be tricky and thus harms himself. This pattern jostles others into actions they might not have taken, often to their benefit.