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Trickster Spirit Names (long list)

Abenaki mythology: Azeban
African mythology: Ekwensu, Thlokunyana
Afrocuban mythology: Changó
Akan mythology: Kwaku Ananse
American folklore: Brer Rabbit (or Compere Lapin) and Aunt Nancy, a corruption of Anansi (Anansee)
Arabian mythology: Juha, Sinbad, Sheherazade, Genies,
Ashanti folklore: Anansi
Australian Aboriginal mythology: Bamapana, Crow
Aztec mythology: Huehuecoyotl
Babylonian mythology: Lilith
Bantu mythology: Hare (Tsuro or Kalulu)
Basque mythology: San Martin Txiki
Brazilian folklore: Saci, Curupira
Bulgarian/Macedonian folklore: Hitar Petar (Itar Pejo)
Bushmen/San Folklore: Kaggen
Caribbean folklore: Anansi
Celtic mythology: Fairy, Puck, puca
Chilean mythology: Pedro Urdemales ("Peter Urdemales" in English)
Chinese mythology: Huli jing (Fox spirit), Nezha, Red Boy, Sun Wukong (Monkey King)
Cree mythology: Wisakedjak
Croatian: Petrica Kerempuh
Croatian mythology and later folklore: Domaci as group later personalized in Malik Tintilinic
Crow mythology: Awakkule, Mannegishi
Dutch folklore: Reynaert de Vos, Tijl Uilenspiegel
Egyptian mythology: Set, Isis
English folklore: Robin Hood, Puck, Brownies
Estonian mythology: The Wily Ants
Fijian mythology: Daucina
Filipino folklore: Juan Pusong, Juan Tamad
French folklore: Renart the Fox
German folklore: Reineke Fuchs, the Pied Piper, Till Eulenspiegel
Greek mythology: Eris, Prometheus, Hephaestos, Hermes, Odysseus, Sisyphus, Dolos
Haida mythology: Nankil'slas (Raven spirit), (Coyote)
Haitian folklore: Anansi, Ti Malice
Hawaiian mythology: Iwa, Kaulu, Kupua, Maui, Pekoi.
Hindu mythology: Baby Krishna stealing butter, Narada, Mohini, Hanuman shapeshifting and teasing sages
Hopi and Zuni mythology: Kokopelli
Indonesian folklore: Kantjil, or kancil in modern grammar
Inuit mythology: Amaguq
Irish folklore: Leprechauns, Briccriu,
Islamic mythology: Nasreddin, Genies,
Italian folklore (Sicily): Giufà
Japanese mythology: Kitsune, Susanoo, Kappa, Tanuki,
Jewish folklore: Hershele Ostropoler(Ashkenazi), Joha(Sephardic)
Kazakh folklore: Aldar kose
Korean folklore: Kumiho
Lakota mythology: Iktomi, Heyoka
Levantine mythology: Yaw
Maori mythology: Māui
Mayan mythology: Maya Hero Twins, Kisin
Mexican folklore: Pedro Urdemales
Micronesian mythology: Olifat
Miwok mythology: Coyote
Nootka mythology: Chulyen, Guguyni
Norse mythology: Loki,
Norwegian mythology: Espen Askeladd
Northwest Caucasian mythology: Sosruko
Ohlone mythology: Coyote
Ojibwe mythology: Nanabozho
Philippine mythology: Nuno sa Punso, Tikbalang
Polynesian mythology: Maui
Pomo mythology: Coyote
Pueblos dancing: Koshares
Romanian mythology: Păcală
Russian folklore: Ivan the Fool
Scottish Gaelic mythology: MacRùsgail
Slavic mythology: Veles,
Spanish mythology: Don Juan, The Trickster of Seville,
Tibetan folklore: Akhu Tönpa,
Tsimshian mythology: Txaamsm, Raven, 'Wiigyet (Big Man)
Tumbuka mythology: Kalulu
Ute mythology: Cin-an-ev
Vodou: Papa Legba, Ti Malice, Baron Samedi
Welsh mythology: Gwydion, Taliesin, Morgan Le Fay,
West African mythology: Anansi,
Yoruba mythology: Eshu, Shango,From Wikipedia.

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