Tag Archives: Trickster

REPOST: What is it about the Trickster? Barb Taub interviews Sue Vincent

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Sue Vincent

An Interview with Sue Vincent plus a review of Mister Fox: The Legend:    Sue Vincent, along with partner Stuart France, writes beautiful, haunting, thought-provoking books with universal themes. And then there’s Mister Fox. I fell in love with this … Continue reading →

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Sleipnir…

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* The next morning when the horseman led Svadilfari to the stone quarry he knew that the wall of Asgard would be completed on time and that the Goddess Freyja was to be his. * He took to humming a … Continue reading →

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Royalty eh?

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Sue Vincent

  * The king finished scrutinising his appearance in the full length mirror with a satisfying ‘gurgle’. His royal tailor had done an altogether splendid job of ‘ironing out’ the few minor discrepancies of attire which had been picked up … Continue reading →

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Flash…

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …Quicker than Jumpin’ Jack… the long, green, hairy foot left the Blue Sphere of nowhere and re-assembled before our eyes. We tried to turn. We tried to flee. But we could not. We could not move. We were held … Continue reading →

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An Imperious Impulse…

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Sue Vincent

  * Coyote’s wife became ill and died. Coyote was devastated and did nothing but howl for the loss of her. The Great Spirit tired of the eternal racket Coyote had set up and sent Death Spirit to calm him. … Continue reading →

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Lore Weavers: Coyote Tales…

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Coyote is a Native American culture hero, buffoon, and trickster figure who mixes animal and human traits to mostly comic, often catastrophic, and sometimes salutary effect. * The world in which Coyote moves can be conceived as a parallel … Continue reading →

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Bull-Coyote: Other…

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …Buffalo-Bull threw Coyote high into the air with his horns. When he came back down to earth Coyote was a Buffalo-Bull. Bull-Coyote wandered off into another field eating grass to his heart’s content and satisfying his hunger. Just then, … Continue reading →

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Flux Tree

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Long ago Coyote was walking his way. He came to a hill on which he saw a man cast his eyes out of his head into a Flux Tree. They hung in the branches of the tree until the … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Port Uig…

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* I have fond memories of Holyhead and the ferry to Dublin. * These may, it is true, be now rose-tinted by time, but I am sure that there is a pub in which we enjoyed lunch and a couple … Continue reading →

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Callanish Calling: Millennial Stone…

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* After our sojourn at the Off Road Inn we tried Portree again but although we managed to get a park this time, as we prepared to exit our Red-Pill-Box, the heavens opened… * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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