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Tree teases Trickster, who gets held fast in fork.
Wolves come and eat Trickster's food under tree.
Flies in elk's skull lure Trickster, who gets caught in elk's skull.
People split elk's skull off.
Trickster changes self into deer to take revenge on hawk.
Bear lured to his death by Trickster.
Mink outwits Trickster and gets bear meat.
Trickster pursues mink in vain.
Chipmunk causes Trickster to lose part of his penis.
Discarded pieces of penis thrown into lake and turn into plants.
Coyote leads Trickster to village.
Trickster imitates muskrat who turns ice into lily-of-the-valley
roots.
Trickster imitates snipe's method of fishing.
Trickster imitates woodpecker's way of getting bear.
Trickster imitates pole-cat in getting deer.
Mink soils chief's daughter as Trickster planned.
Coyote is duped into being tied to horse's tail.
Trickster removes obstacles on the Mississippi.
Waterfall is forced to fall on land by Trickster.
Trickster eats final meal on earth and retires to heaven.

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Once upon a time there was a village in which lived a chief who
was just preparing to go on the warpath. 1 The men who were to
obtain the material with which to build the fire, that is, to pre-
pare for the feast, were summoned. To them the chief said, 'You
who are to obtain the wherewithal for the fire, bring me four
large deer.' These were soon secured and brought to him and then
those who had brought them, his nephews, 2 immediately put
them on the fire.

The people who had been invited to the feast now began to
arrive. Was not the chief, himself, going on the warpath? And
so, as many as were capable of fighting decided to join him.

When they had finished their feast, the chief suddenly arose
and left them and proceeded towards his own lodge. The guests
remained there waiting for him to return. When, after a while,

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology. Contributors: Paul Radin - author. Publisher: Philosophical Library. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1956. Page Number: 4.
    
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