Trickster Culture Bringer

myth:trickster_culture_bringer

The trickster's deepest role is the thief-for-humanity: the boundary-breaker who carries the gods' guarded goods down to mortals. Hermes lifts Apollo's cattle; Prometheus steals the fire of heaven; Coyote and Raven steal fire and the daylight from those who hoard them; Maui wins fire and snares the sun. The rule-breaker is the reason the people have fire at all. — world myth