“I’ve heard, for example, that you can change into a rat or a mouse. I confess that it seems utterly impossible to me.” In the fairytale “Puss in Boots”, Master Cat said this quote because he wanted to Ogre to transform himself into a mouse so he could eat him and help Marquis de Carabas, the miller’s youngest son. Trickster tales are usually about a trickster which are sly and mythical animal-humans who deceive their enemy. Trickster tales often follow narrative arrangements, but they may differ in their results. In both “Puss in Boots” and How Stories Came to Earth”, a small amount of similarities and a large amount of differences are shown. Throughout the stories “Puss in Boots” and “How Stories Came to Earth”, just a few similarities are
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The first difference is the tricksters traits/methods. “Listen to me, my good people. If you do not say that all of this wheat you are reaping belongs to the Marquis de Carabas, you will be cut into little pieces until you look like chopped meat.” This quote is from “Puss in Boots” and it shows how Master Cat to help Marquis de Carabas look very wealth towards the king. “And so, Anansi put the palm branch next to the python’s body and saw the large snake stretch himself alongside it. Anansi then bound the python to the branch with the string-creeper and wound it over and over--.” This statement is from “How Stories Came to Earth” and it is just one method that Anansi used to capture all four creatures to take to the sky-god in exchange for his stories. The second difference is the anthropomorphism shown. “At that moment, he transformed himself into a mouse, which ran across the floor.”. That quote was from “Puss in Boots”. It illustrates that the ogre can transform into a mouse, but he can transfer into any creature that he wants. “He went everywhere, throughout the world, travelling on his strong web strings-sometimes looking more like a wise old man than a spider.”. That detail was found in “How Stories Came to Earth” and it describes how Anansi the spider can go back and form transforming from old man to spider. Differences are presented
The first difference is the tricksters traits/methods. “Listen to me, my good people. If you do not say that all of this wheat you are reaping belongs to the Marquis de Carabas, you will be cut into little pieces until you look like chopped meat.” This quote is from “Puss in Boots” and it shows how Master Cat to help Marquis de Carabas look very wealth towards the king. “And so, Anansi put the palm branch next to the python’s body and saw the large snake stretch himself alongside it. Anansi then bound the python to the branch with the string-creeper and wound it over and over--.” This statement is from “How Stories Came to Earth” and it is just one method that Anansi used to capture all four creatures to take to the sky-god in exchange for his stories. The second difference is the anthropomorphism shown. “At that moment, he transformed himself into a mouse, which ran across the floor.”. That quote was from “Puss in Boots”. It illustrates that the ogre can transform into a mouse, but he can transfer into any creature that he wants. “He went everywhere, throughout the world, travelling on his strong web strings-sometimes looking more like a wise old man than a spider.”. That detail was found in “How Stories Came to Earth” and it describes how Anansi the spider can go back and form transforming from old man to spider. Differences are presented