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Of all of the characters in myths and legends advised around the globe, it is the wily trickster who offers the genuine spark within the motion, inflicting difficulty at any place he is going. This determine exhibits up repeatedly in local American folklore, the place he is taking many varieties, from the irascible Coyote of the Southwest, to Iktomi, the amorphous spider guy of the Lakota tribe.

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