Many people find the trickster intriguing. The trickster character appears in the narratives of many Native people throughout North America as well as in much of the rest of the world. Even in our own culture people catch glimmers of the trickster in characters like Br'er Rabbit, Wily Coyote, and Bugs Bunny. It's difficult to pin down the trickster to any fixed set of characteristics or given forms. Part of his/her attraction is defiance of classification and analysis. Sometimes the trickster appears as human, sometimes as animal. The most popular animal forms trickster takes are coyote, raven, and hare. The "trickster" plays tricks and is the victim of tricks. The trickery of such stories extends as well to symbolic play regarding cultural forms, rules, and worldview
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