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Tricksters

Mythological archetype

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2 images from works
  • A disguised Ravana luring Sita away. Chromolithograph.
  • Krishna sitting in a tree with all the gopis clothes while they naked in the water, beg for their garments. Chromolithograph after Ravi Varma.

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    Krishna sitting in a tree with all the gopis clothes while they naked in the water, beg for their garments. Chromolithograph after Ravi Varma.

    Ravi Varma, 1848-1906. | Reference: 26512i
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    Proteus redivivus, or, The art of wheedling or insinuation : obtain'd by general conversation, and extracted from the several humours, inclinations, and passions of both sexes, respecting their several ages, and suiting each profession or occupation / Collected and methodized by the author of the first part of the English rogue.

    Head, Richard, 1637?-1686? | Date: 1675
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    A disguised Ravana luring Sita away. Chromolithograph.

    | Reference: 26467i
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    Krishna sitting in a tree with all the gopis clothes while they naked in the water, beg for their garments. Chromolithograph by Ravi Varma.

    | Date: [after 1900] : | Reference: 26513i

Related topics

Begging
Hindu mythology
Hindu gods
Tricks

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