His clothes are usually to hide his tail and or horns.” Trickster Tales from the Southern US: Brer Rabbit “The Polish devil, or devils (there are several of them), are dressed like Polish noblemen (although when Poland became annexed by Prussia, Russia and Austria, the devil is also dressed like a stranger, foreigner). Olga Mecking, shares the intriguing use of the devil as a trickster in Polish, Slavic, Latvian and other Eastern European countries. Known as Reynard (from French: Renart German: Reineke Dutch: Reynaert) it is the character of a literary cycle of allegorical French, Dutch, English and German fables where he is an anthropomorphic red Fox and trickster figure.” Trickster Tales from Eastern Europe (Polish/Slavic): The Devil Ute Limacher-Riebold of Expat Since Birth shares stories from Western Europe that feature the fox and the cat in a fascinating post: “ In European traditional folkstales, one of my favourite characters is the Fox. Trickster Tales from Western Europe: The Fox I collaborated with members of the Multicultural Kid Blogs to come up with a great list of trickster tales from around the world.
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