'Trickster In How Stories Came To Earth'
All tricksters have negative qualities of them that make them tricksters, not clever heroes. They would not be tricksters if they did not have negative qualities about them. In the story How Stories Came to Earth, on page 42, it states “Then Anansi came out of his hiding place, and said, “Fool, I have got you, and now I will take you to the sky-god to buy his stories once and for all.” Every time Anansi would catch the creature he was looking for in order to get the stories, he would insult them. He did this to every one of the creatures he had captured before taking them to the sky-god. On page 45 of Coyote Steals Fire, it states “Coyote calmly put on his outer skin and fur again. “Goodbye Uncle,” he said to Thunder. “Don’t gamble. It is not