Trickster Folktales

Explore our archive of Trickster Folktales. You will discover interesting folktales about the Trickster Characters. In mythology, and in the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a god, goddess, spirit, man, woman, or anthropomorphic animal who plays tricks or otherwise disobeys normal rules and conventional behavior.

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Vikramaditya invited to Indraloka
In the Court of Indra there were four beautiful dancers-Urvasi, Rambha, Menaka and Tilottama. One day there was a dispute between Urvasi and Rambha as to who was the better dancer. They carried the dispute to Devendra, the God of gods, and asked him to decide between them...
Trickster > Vikramaditya
Ujjain > India
 

The Thief and the Maiden
In the magnificent city of Ayodhya, the capital of the kingdom of the great King Rama, there lived a rich merchant who had a daughter named Lilavati...
Trickster > Vikramaditya
Ujjain > India
 

Mahakal  - Hindi
Hindi story about legendary king - Vikramaditya...
Trickster > Vikramaditya
Ujjain > India