Tricksters
Rule-breakers, shape-shifters, and culture heroes
Entities who subvert order to teach it: Anansi, Coyote, Loki, Eshu, Raven, Maui, Monkey — each laughs at the rules of their tradition while reinforcing them.
69 entities
Castulus
Christian · Catholic
Daucina
Fijian
Hunahphu
Maya
Lancashire boggart
Lancashire folklore
Azeban
Abenaki
demon inhabiting the idol
pre-Christian Abyssinian religion
Ινό
Greek
Tagaro
Melanesian · Vanuatu
Xbalanque
Maya · Popol Vuh
Akateko
Japanese · Japanese folklore
Apate
Greek
Bysen
Gotland · Swedish
Dodomeki
Japanese
Duttabaung
Burmese · Sri Ksetra
Fraus
Roman
Hop
Huveane
Pedi mythology · Venda mythology
Huēhuecoyōtl
Aztec
Jump
Kalamainu'u
Hawaiian
Laverna
Roman
Meduza
Russian folklore
Mr. Nancy
Ghana
Nanabush
Ojibwe · Anishinaabe
Panis
Hindu
Phantasos
Roman
Piru
Finnish · Finnish mythology
Pixie
Cornish
Poltergeist
German · German folklore
Skip
Uhlakayana
Zulu
Vucub-Caquix
Maya
Witch Green-eyes
old serpent
Christian
Þrymr
Norse · Germanic
the devil
Christian · New Testament
Exu
Candomblé · Afro-Brazilian
Legba
Vodou · Lwa
Mercury
Roman · Celtic
Robin Goodfellow
fairy folklore · English folklore
Kafou Legba
Vodou · Petwo
Pinčiukas
Baltic · East Lithuanian
Satan
Christian · New Testament
Eṣu
Yoruba · Yoruba religion
Xtabay
Cercopes
Greek
Nagasena
Pagan
Psotnik
Slavic
Samiri
Islamic · Israelites
Vadātājs
Baltic
Viruñas
Colombian
Loki
Norse · Germanic
Māui
Tongan · Māori
daevas
Zoroastrian · Persian
Pitsen
Siberian Tatars
Anansi
Akan religion · African
Eshu
Yoruba religion · Orisha
Kipinatar
Finnish
Hermes
Greek · rooster
Inktomi
Jack o' the Lantern
thunder beings
Cherokee
unevolved spirits
Santería
Lamia
Greek · Basque
Ceffyl Dŵr
Welsh
Coyote
Navajo · Indigenous peoples of North America
birdman
devils
Tengrism · Christian
Velnias