History Main / TricksterGod

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Cegorach, the Laughing God of the Eldar, has a strong predilection for achieving his goals by tricking his enemies into doing his job for him -- for instance, he once tricked the Outsider, a C'Tan, into eating its fellows, which in one stroke killed off numerous C'Tan and drove the Outsider itself quite insane.Â

* ''Franchise/DragonAge'': Both the Andrastian Chantry and [[spoiler:Corypheus, one of the Magisters,]] agree on this much; the Old Gods tricked the Magisters Sidereal into entering the Golden City. The difference is what exactly the "trick" was. According to the former, it was persuading them to betray The Maker and corrupt heaven. According to the latter, it was that the Black City was already empty and corrupted before they got there. WordOfGod is that the Black City was verifiably golden in appearance before the Magisters' attempt to invade it, however, which raises even more questions. There's also Fen'Harel, the Dread Wolf, trickster god of the Elven pantheon, who seems to serve a similar purpose to them as Loki did to the Aesir -- solving almost as many problems as he causes before one day he goes too far and gets branded a traitor. As his title suggests, he's now considered a sinister, corrupting influence, preying on the dreams and souls of the elves without mercy after sealing their gods away out of spite. [[spoiler:It does not appear to be the whole truth, but the primary source of that claim is Fen'Harel himself.]]Â

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Discord, the spirit of chaos, certainly does [[RealityWarper possess enough power]] to functionally be a god, and even after his HeelFaceTurn, he enjoys bedeviling the ponies too much to completely stop -- such as pretending to have the Blue Flu in order to disrupt Twilight's day with Cadence. Indeed, it's shown that if he ever ''stops'' trying to be a TricksterGod, he'll start withering like a dead rose.Â

%%* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Discord, the spirit of chaos, has tried teaching Twilight Sparkle "lessons" when it's clear he's trying to ruin her day.%%Meaning what? Why is this an example?Â

* Discord from WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic certainly has godlike power, and even after his [[HeelFaceTurn reformation]] never truly lost his mischievous streak.Â
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' has four of them from various myths and legends show up, explaining that they're all from a race of the FairFolk called "The Children of Oberon". [[Myth/NativeAmericanMythology Coyote]] falls on the more benevolent side of the scale, while [[Myth/NativeAmericanMythology Raven]] and [[Myth/AkanMythology Anansi]] are more on the sinister end. [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream Puck]] usually falls somewhere in the middle. [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Set]] is also mentioned in passing, but doesn't appear.Â
-->'''Creator/GregWeisman:''' I have some notions about Set, but he's pretty far down my list of priorities. He's basically a Trickster figure (though a nastier one), and I already have four of those to play with.Â

* ''TabletopGame/{{MagicTheGathering}}'': The Plane of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Theros]] has Phenax, the god of gambling, deception, and betrayal. Fittingly for the plane’s theme, he is somewhat of a {{CompositeCharacter}} of Orpheus and Hermes.Â

* ''TabletopGame/{{MagicTheGathering}}'': The Plane of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Theros]] has Phenax, the god of gambling, deception, and betrayal. Fittingly for the plane’s theme, he is a [[CompositeCharacter]] of Orpheus and Hermes.Â

* ''TabletopGame/{{MagicTheGathering}}'': The Plane of [[ClassicalMythology Theros]] has Phenax, the god of gambling, deception, and betrayal. Fittingly for the plane’s theme, he is a [[CompositeCharacter]] of Orpheus and Hermes.Â