Foxes in Folklore (The Origin of the Trickster Fox)--Part 1

Hello, it's been a while! Today we'd like to discuss the role that foxes have played in mythology and folklore around the world. From El Zorro to Disney's Zootopia, have you noticed how much foxes resemble each other? When and how did they become the animal most associated with treachery and greed? What other archetypes exist for our favorite cat-like canid? We would like to find out!

First part will only focus on the American continent, where we take a look at old fairy tales, Native American stories, and archeological evidence presented to you in short animations.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gin...

http://www.native-languages.org/foxwo...

The Wolf, the Fox, the Bobcat, and the Cougar
http://testforbloggerandgadgets.blogs...

The Story of Iyash
https://miigi.tripod.com/iyash.htm

www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore26.html

Apache Fox Stories
https://www.indigenouspeople.net/apac...

How the Fox Stole Fire
https://the-office.com/bedtime-story/...

Fox Plays a Trick (Menominee Story)
https://www.mpm.edu/content/wirp/ICW-138

Achomawi Legend
https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Le...

Article referencing the Tzotzil Dictionary:
https://mayadecipherment.com/2021/01/...

The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantan
Robert M. Laughlin

Huarochiri Manuscript
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaroch...

http://www.native-languages.org/aymar...

Fox Warrior Bottle
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/openco...

https://iberoamericasocial.com/las-cu...

The Worlds of the Moche on the North Coast of Peru
By Elizabeth P. Benson

Buena Vista's Temple of the Fox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buena_V...

Music used:
Truth in the Stones (by Kevin McLeod--incompetech.com)
Wholesome (by Kevin McLeod--incompetech.com)
Ancient Rite (by Kevin McLeod--incompetech.com)
Deep Relaxation (by Kevin McLeod-incompetech.com)

0:00 Intro - Foxes are Tricksters?
2:46 Br'er Fox (Uncle Remus stories)
3:44 Gingerbread Man Fox
4:48 The Epic of Iyash (Ojibwe story)
6:43 Fox Spirit (Shoshone-Bannock myth)
8:09 Hungry Fox (Iroquois story)
9:53 Gullible Fox (Apache Story)
11:34 Fox Stole Fire (Apache Story)
12:59 Fox Traps a Wolf (Menominee story)
13:24 Silver Fox the Creator (Atsugewi/Achomawi Myth)
15:14 San Lorenzo Zinacantan Dictionary (Tzotzil language)
17:31 Cuniraya Curses Fox (Quechua myth)
19:57 Fox Spout Bottles (Moche archeology)
22:19 The Fox and The Monkey (Aymara story)
24:19 Buena Vista's Temple of the Fox (Andean archeology)
27:33 Outro - Oldest Trickster

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