Fox
Toba · demigod · mythic · Recorded classification
Toba/Qom (Gran Chaco). English 'Fox' leads; Spanish Zorro in the sources. A trickster culture-figure ranked demigod per the schema (no separate trickster type). Native Toba term not securely attested in the consulted sources, so term left empty. Counterpart to Carancho in the wise/foolish twin-like pairing.
Domains
- trickery
- deception and appetite
Powers
- deceive through greed and lust
Relations
- companion: Caracara Culture-HeroReciprocal of toba_carancho.companion — Hero and trickster paired through the Toba cycle, Carancho mending what Fox's bungling spoils.Alfred Metraux, Myths of the Toba and Pilaga Indians of the Gran Chaco (1946) (secondary)
Sources
- Fox (Zorro) is the Toba/Pilagá trickster, a greedy, lustful deceiver whose tricks backfire; he is the foolish companion and foil of the culture hero Carancho.: Métraux, Alfred (1946). Myths of the Toba and Pilagá Indians of the Gran Chaco. Memoirs of the American Folklore Society, vol. 40. (secondary)