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A review by zephyrsilver
Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art by Lewis Hyde
3.0
On one hand, this is really interesting. I loved learning more about tricksters such as Hermes and Loki, who I already knew. It was cool learning about Raven and Coyote and others as well. He explained stories in an interesting way, and related them to modern stuff we can better relate to.
But then it got very repetitive. And after a while, it stopped being about tricksters and turned more into a philosophy book (and a biography on Frederick Douglass). Which is interesting, if that's what I wanted to read. I wanted to read about tricksters and mythology. So I ended up skipping a lot.
And he definitely spends most of his time talking about Hermes (Greek) and Coyote (Native American). He would occasionally mention others - Loki, Krishna, Etu - but to some degree it felt like he just didn't know them much so didn't bother.
I'm a tiny bit disappointed, honestly. It felt like a chore picking this book up and reading a few pages.
Yes it was somehow still interesting; at least in the beginning.
But then it got very repetitive. And after a while, it stopped being about tricksters and turned more into a philosophy book (and a biography on Frederick Douglass). Which is interesting, if that's what I wanted to read. I wanted to read about tricksters and mythology. So I ended up skipping a lot.
And he definitely spends most of his time talking about Hermes (Greek) and Coyote (Native American). He would occasionally mention others - Loki, Krishna, Etu - but to some degree it felt like he just didn't know them much so didn't bother.
I'm a tiny bit disappointed, honestly. It felt like a chore picking this book up and reading a few pages.
Yes it was somehow still interesting; at least in the beginning.