Evaluation:
Published: 18.08.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Essay on Native American Trickster Stories', 1.
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Lee A. Zito
The Native American Trickster stories were definitely not what I expected them to be. I expected something along the lines of Aesop's Fables, but these particular trickster stories were somewhat different from the usual trickster tale I was taught in grade school. The stories to our culture are very immature, vulgar, and immoral. But I could see the same story being played out on an episode of The Simpson's, or Beavis and Butthead.
For the Native Americans these stories were a form of orally told entertainment. As obscene as they get, the Native Americans found them quite amu…

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