![]() ![]() John the Conqueror - Character who appears in many stories from the African American tradition.Jacob - Biblical Patriarch and the ancestor of the Israelites. ![]() Jack Mary Ann - A folk hero from the Wrexham area of north Wales whose fictionalised exploits continue to circulate in local folklore.Jack - (best known from the story Jack and the Beanstalk) is a young boy who uses his wit to outsmart characters in many stories.Befitting a trickster, he is the patron of uninhibited sexuality and often engages in trickery against the gods with camaraderie among mortals. Huehuecoyotl - the gender-changing coyote god of music, dance, mischief and song of Pre-Columbian Mexico and Aztec Mythology.Hershele Ostropoler - In Ashkenazic Jewish folklore, based on a real person who lived during the 18th century.Notably stole a herd of cattle from Apollo in his youth, but then invented the lyre and gave it to Apollo as payment. Hermes - Messenger of the gods in Greek mythology (or Mercury in Roman mythology), patron of travelers, boundaries and thieves.The Fair Folk in many European cultures.Eshu/Eleggua/Legba - One of the primary orishas in Yorùbá religion, patron of roads (especially crossroads), doors, and travelers, as well as a spirit of chaos and trickery.Infamous for starting a fight between other goddesses over the Apple of Discord, leading to the Judgement of Paris and, ultimately, the Trojan War. Eris - Greek Goddess of discord in Greek mythology.A thoroughly ambiguous person, in personality, but also in his androgynous figure, one can never know exactly what he will do next. More than any other Greek God, he is associated with shape-shifting and taking on other identities (which is part of why he is also associated with actors). ![]()
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