{"product_id":"9780299290733","title":"Trickster and Hero: Two Characters in the Oral and Written Traditions of the World","description":"The trickster and the hero, found in so many of the world’s oral traditions, are seemingly opposed but often united in one character. \u003ci\u003eTrickster and Hero\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comparative look at a rich array of world oral traditions, folktales, mythologies, and literatures—from \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Epic of Gilgamesh\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e to Native American and African tales. Award-winning folklorist Harold Scheub explores the “Trickster moment,” the moment in the story when the tale, the teller, and the listener are transformed: we are both man and woman, god and human, hero and villain.\u003cbr\u003e     Scheub delves into the importance of trickster mythologies and the shifting relationships between tricksters and heroes. He examines protagonists that figure centrally in a wide range of oral narrative traditions, showing that the true hero is always to some extent a trickster as well. The trickster and hero, Scheub contends, are at the core of storytelling, and all the possibilities of life are there: we are taken apart and rebuilt, dismembered and reborn, defeated and renewed.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124994457840,"sku":"9780299290733","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780299290733_p0.jpg?v=1763683063","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780299290733","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}