3. Trickster - definition
1. someone who plays practical jokes on others
2.someone who leads you to believe something
that is not true
3. a mischievous supernatural being found in the
folklore of many primitive people; sometimes
distinguished by prodigious biological drives and
exaggerated bodily parts
Source: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
4. a person who tricks or cheats people
Source: http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/trickster
4. Features
a boundary-crosser
always at the edge, in between, opportunistic
lies and steals to disturb the stablished categories of truth and
property
an omniscient creator and an innocent fool
fools and gets fooled
a malicious destroyer and a childlike prankster
creates order and chaos
may teach humans the skills of survival
keeps us from being too confident in ourselves; provokes insight
a maverick (nonconformist, individualist; free thinker; loner)
5. Archetype - definition
1. A very typical example of a certain person or thing
2. Psychoanalysis (In Jungian theory)
a primitive mental image inherited from
the earliest human ancestors, and supposed to
be present in the collective unconscious
3. A recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art,
or mythology
Source: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/archetype
6. Jung's Archetypes
Jung listed four main forms of archetypes:
The Shadow, The Anima, The Animus and The Self
Other archetypes:
Family archetypes (the father, the mother, the child);
Story archetypes (the hero, the maiden, the wise old man, the
magician, the earth mother, the witch or sorceress, the
trickster);
Animal archetypes (the faithful dog, the enduring horse, the
devios cat)
Source: http://changingminds.org/explanations/identity/jung_archetypes.htm
7. Which Jung Archetype Best
Describes You?
http://www.playbuzz.com/benjaminbirely10/wh
ich-jung-archetype-best-describes-you
Mischevious (adjective) – maliciously or playfully annoying
Rejection (noun) – denial, refusal, elimination, exclusion
Control freak – a person who attempts to dictate how everything around them is done
8. Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth
The standard path of the mythological adventure of
the hero is a magnification of the formula
represented in the rites of passage: separation--
initiation--return: which might be named the
nuclear unit of the monomyth.
BUT!
Source: http://orias.berkeley.edu/hero/journeystages.pdf
9. Stages of the hero’s journey
Source: http://www.riverarunsthroughit.com/2013/04/writing-novel-heros-journey.html
10. Carl Jung in "The Hero's Journey"
http://youtu.be/aY1S5iIo1yw
11. LOKI
mischief (noun) – trouble, prank, playfulness
trickery (noun) – deception, joke, dishonesty
liability (noun) – responsibility, duty
to disguise (verb) –
to change the appearance so as to conceal
identity or mislead,
mare (noun) – a fully mature female horse
to pit (verb) - to set in opposition or combat
dwarf (noun) – a being that dwells in mountains
and in the earth, and is variously associated
with wisdom, smithing, mining, and crafting
ambiguous (adj.) – of doubtful or uncertain nature
ally (noun) – associate, colleague, friend
HERMES
boundary (noun) – barrier, border, edge
lyre (noun) - a string instrument
divine (adj.) – holy, spiritual, sacred
staff (noun) - a stick
to outwit (verb) – to outsmart, deceive
crib (noun) - a child's bed with enclosed sides
ANANSI
cunning (adj.) – devious, deceiving
guile (noun) - slyness, cleverness
supposedly (adv.) – allegedly, probably, seemingly
crafty (adj.) - clever, smart
slave (noun) -
a person who is the property of and wholly
subject to another
VELES
cattle (noun) - bovine animals like cows
wealth (noun) - money, resources, property
supreme (adj.) - greatest, principal
carnival (noun) – festival, outdoor celebration
sorcerer (noun) – wizard, alchemist, clairvoyant
to depict (verb) – to describe, to present
livestock (noun) -
the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful
animals kept or raised on afarm or ranch.
12. Storytelling (task)
Pick a trickster god (Loki, Hermes, Anansi, Veles)
VILLAIN / OBSTACLE / HERO
Create a story based on the chosen stages of the
hero’s journey
13. Reading
come to blows - to have a fight or a serious argument with someone
strife (noun) – a conflict, angry or violent struggle
mundane (adj.) – ordinary, banal, day-to-day
profound (adj.) - intellectual, thoughtful
bitter (adj.) – harsh, resentful or cynical
subterfuge (noun) – cheating, deception, ploy
timid (adj.) – shy, frightened, modest
contrive (verb) - to invent, design, form
ilk (noun) - kind, type
self-delusion (noun) - the act of allowing yourself to believe something that is not true
crumble (verb) – to break or fall into pieces
upheaval (noun) - major change
aforementioned (adj.) - mentioned before
confined (adj.) - limited, enclosed
screwball comedy - a romance between opposites, especially between an "idle rich", fun-loving
woman and a hard-working, practical, serious man
extricate (verb) – to get out of a situation
deliberately (adv.) - intentionally
havoc (noun) – chaos, chaotic situation
inadvertent (adj.) – accidental
outrageous (adj.) - very bad, horrible, shocking
