Trickster Tales and the Legend of the Flute

The 10 tales presented here have been chosen for their beautiful spiritual allegories regarding both life here on earth and the hereafter. Coyote is the anti-hero similar to Aesop’s animal characters. His world is the animal world. Unlike the Mediterranean and Middle East anti-hero, Nasredin Hoga is a human who starts off as a boy simpleton and grows into a wise old man. Finally, the tales help youngsters understand a vastly different culture, while enriching the soul with ideas of the spiritual.