Tricksterología : método comparado para el estudio del trickster
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2024
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El trickster es un tipo de personaje importante dentro de muchas religiones, sirviendo a menudo de punto de fuga del estrés, alivio cómico o, incluso, explicación sobrenatural para los procesos más caóticos de la vida cotidiana. Siempre se encuentra presente donde la línea entre lo positivo y lo negativo se difumina, en espacios intermedios y en situaciones fuera de la normatividad. La figura del trickster ha sido objeto de análisis desde muchas perspectivas y campos de estudio, debido en parte a su complejidad y múltiples facetas. A veces se le ha entendido como una entidad totalmente alejada del ámbito religioso, siempre en el terreno de lo profano y lo folclórico. Otras veces como una divinidad disruptiva. A veces profundamente maligno, otras sin mayor función social que la diversión...
The trickster is an important character type within many religions, often serving as a stressscapegoat, comic relief or even a supernatural explanation for the most chaotic parts ofeveryday life. It is always present where the line between the positive and the negative isblurred, in intermediate spaces and in situations outside of normativity.The figure of the trickster has been the subject of analysis from many perspectivesand fields of study, due in part to its complexity and multiple facets. Sometimes it hasbeen understood as an entity totally removed from the religious sphere, always in therealm of the profane and the folkloric. Other times as a disruptive divinity. Sometimesdeeply malicious, sometimes with no greater social function than amusement...
The trickster is an important character type within many religions, often serving as a stressscapegoat, comic relief or even a supernatural explanation for the most chaotic parts ofeveryday life. It is always present where the line between the positive and the negative isblurred, in intermediate spaces and in situations outside of normativity.The figure of the trickster has been the subject of analysis from many perspectivesand fields of study, due in part to its complexity and multiple facets. Sometimes it hasbeen understood as an entity totally removed from the religious sphere, always in therealm of the profane and the folkloric. Other times as a disruptive divinity. Sometimesdeeply malicious, sometimes with no greater social function than amusement...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Filología, leída el 19-01-2024