![]() ![]() With the exception of Jung, they do not even note that European culture has misinterpreted its own founding mythology by creating categories of pure good and pure evil, that Yahweh is neither pure good nor pure evil, that Yahweh is, in fact, a Trickster. ![]() Stanley Diamond presents an interesting structure of western thought with the Book of Job as one pillar and Republic as the other, Radin lends interesting insight into some aspects of Trickster mythology and Winnebago culture, and Jung's short essays draws important parallels between western traditions and that of Trickster, but all of these essays, and especially Kerenyi's which has no redeeming qualities, suffer from a disappointing cultural bias – disappointing because each of these authors note a fundamental difference between Trickster mythology and European ideals of good and evil, but fail to see how Trickster mythology addresses many of the cultural problems that have arisen because of European ideals of good and evil. Feel free to write if you'd like to see more. Also unfortunately, my entire review will not fit on Goodreads, so here I have limited my review to an introduction and explication of the myths. Unfortunately, the essays that precede and follow are subpar. ![]() 5 stars because the myths herein are the finest in the world. ![]()
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