Trickster Makes This World
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Trickster Makes This World
| Full title | Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art |
|---|---|
| Author | Lewis Hyde |
| Published | 1998 |
| Pages | 425 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Hyde on the trickster — Hermes, Coyote, Krishna, Loki — as the figure every culture invents to break its own rules, and on boundary-crossing as the mechanism of invention. |
Where I heard about it
- @oldbooksguy — recommended it on X in June 2025: “This book uses the trickster archetype (present in all ancient cultures) to teach you important lessons about creativity. Highly underrated.”
Connections
- Creativity — Hyde’s real subject, approached through myth.
- Storytelling — the archetype and why it recurs everywhere.
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces — Campbell’s version of the same cross-cultural argument, also on this list.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.