Folk Tales and tricksters

I mentioned in an earlier post about the Brer rabbit tales,  came from African folk tales.

Here is the Philippine version of the Tar-baby tale.

We don't have bitumin so he covers the statue with sticky wax. Since it mentions corn, i.e. maize, I suspect it was a "late" version, perhaps passed on by the Spanish or their slaves..

and there are Native American, South Asian and South African versions of the tale.

here is Joseph Campbell discussing the Trickster myth