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This book is a collection of Cree and chippewa trickster tales. The fine documentation at the back of the book tells when the tale was collected and from whom. Norman compares the variations of the tales from tribe to tribe and includes the correct pronunciation of the words. The Cree name for Trickster, Wistchahik, is the name that Father Albert originally heard as a common factor in the tales he collected in the 1800's. He came to name them trickster tales using the French work for deceiver.
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An example of the tales in the book is "Swift runner and Trickster Tarantula". Trickster cheats Swift Runner out of his beautiful leggings and feathers, necklaces and earrings. When he is cornered by the people from Swift Runner's village, they say he's too dangerous to live and set him on fire. Instead of dying, he explodes into million of pieces - each piece a tiny version of Trickster Tarantula himself.
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