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Kokopelli (/ ˌ k oʊ k oʊ ˈ p ɛ l iː / [1]) is a fertility deity, usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with feathers or antenna-like protrusions on his head), who is venerated by some Native American cultures in the Southwestern United States. Like most fertility deities, Kokopelli presides over both childbirth and agriculture.
Trickster [1] Cahuilla: Tahquitz: Creator, death, or evil. Haida: Ta'xet: God of violent death [2] Tia: Goddess of peaceful death [2] Ho-Chunk: Red Horn 'He Who Wears (Human) Faces on His Ears' Hopi: Aholi: A kachina: Angwusnasomtaka: Crow Mother, a kachina: Kokopelli: Fertility, flute player, a kachina: Kokyangwuti: Creation, Spider ...
The heyoka (heyókȟa, also spelled "haokah," "heyokha") is a type of sacred clown shaman in the culture of the Sioux (Lakota and Dakota people) of the Great Plains of North America.
The trickster figure Reynard the Fox as depicted in an 1869 children's book by Michel Rodange. In mythology and the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a character in a story (god, goddess, spirit, human or anthropomorphisation) who exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge and uses it to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and defy conventional behavior.
Statue of a goddess of fertility, Copenhagen A fertility deity is a god or goddess associated with fertility, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, and crops.In some cases these deities are directly associated with these experiences; in others they are more abstract symbols.
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Pilandok – a mischievous, cunning, and trickster human-standing chevrotain in Molbog beliefs, who is sometimes helpful. [37] The Maranao Pilandok was a human who was a cunning and mischievous trickster. [26] Pugot: a shapeshifting fiend whose true shape is that of a gigantic black headless creature
The ultra-violet light at the end of the spectrum might represent the influence of universal archetypes, such as the hero, the wise elder, or the trickster, on our thoughts, feelings, and actions. These archetypes are thought to exist beyond the visible spectrum, and can exert their influence on both living and non-living things.