Lewis Hyde on "Trickster Makes This World"

I enjoyed the discussion of the trickster with Lewis Hyde (and I'll have to get that book). Two things that come to my mind:

1) Many tricksters have made it into music, including Till Eulenspiegel and Peer Gynt. Hector Berlioz fancied himself a trickster to a degree, and several of his compositions include depictions of them (Rob Roy, Harold in Italy, etc.).

2) The discussion touched on the reasons why society dislikes tricksters, mentioning that they break up our ordered world (then contrasting that with the flip side that our world might crumble without them). But another reason we may need them is the same reason we talk politics with people whose minds will never change: because by creating our arguments and defending our positions, we confirm our beliefs. The trickster provides the foil by which we can confirm our society's rules.