ABSTRACT
This is the first of two chapters devoted to Greek examples. As Greek culture is one of our oldest systematic written sources, it is particularly helpful for contrasting the way the trickster is seen from the outside and how some trickster figures operated inside society; and as it is one of the sources of our civilisation, it is particularly helpful in our quest for understanding how our world could have become dominated by trickster logic. The link between these two chapters is similar to the links between chapters one and two. Chapter three will present some trickster figures in Greek mythology, focusing on Hermes, but also discussing some murky figures of Greek mythology, the various daimones, much connected to metallurgy, in particular the Kabeiroi. The connection between Hermes and the Kabeiroi will be shown to be homologous to that of the Zande trickster and the magicians.
