Like Br’er or Br’er Fox, we continually meet him “coming down the road” as the tale begins”. (Connors 3) .
I believe that Tricksters are important icons in human history. They help provide the reason why people do some of the things that they do. That without tricksters, people won’t be able to reach their goals once they have passed on in life. Without the tricksters, humans wouldn’t be able to see which divine being is the most pure and good for them. Without them, no one would have to accomplish anything in life and they would believe that everything would be given to them on a silver platter. Without tricksters, both the real world and the literary world would be totally different.
In Greek myths, Hermes and Prometheus were the two major tricksters that became cultural heroes. The story of Prometheus is that he was a titan that was allied with the Olympians when the Titans and Olympians were at war with each other. Prometheus and the Olympians won the war and were the most worshipped gods at that time. Later on in history, the king of gods, Zeus, soon started trying to trick humans into benefiting him and the gods only. One way that he had tried to do this is by trying to trick the humans into sacrificing the meat of an animal