A few years I told Loki “NO!” in no uncertain terms. I have a strong preference for order, and so I avoid Trickster Gods. I don’t think they’re having fun at our expense so much as they’re really dedicated to their work and they really enjoy it. I can speak to their area of responsibility, which is to keep us from getting too comfortable and too set in our ways. I can’t really speak to the nature of Trickster deities. I’ve never had a Trickster question before, and now I get two from two different people. Loki “What is the nature of Trickster deities and why might one wish to serve them or avoid them?” And give thanks for the opportunities that come with chaos. Blame human greed and fear for building oppressive systems, not deities you don’t like. So accept responsibility for your own mistakes. And that provides them with amusement.īut in our failures, we learn. They know we can’t possibly use it without burning ourselves, literally or figuratively. In many traditions, it is a trickster who gives humanity fire, or magic, or even language. I love order, but without chaos the world would stagnate. But they aren’t pulling all the strings.īut also, this attitude is disrespectful to Trickster Gods. Which is not to say that there aren’t evil people conspiring to do evil things – there are.
Some people feel better believing the world is run by a cabal of evil geniuses than to accept that no one is in charge and we’re on our own. It’s the same thing with conspiracy theories. It’s far easier to blame bad stuff on Loki or Coyote or the devil than it is to accept that sometimes bad things happen because you make bad decisions. For the most part, it’s intellectual laziness.
“What do you think about people blaming everything wrong or bad on Trickster Gods? Some Pagans use them the way some Christians blame everything wrong or bad on the devil instead of human error or lack of human action.”
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