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archetype she. analyzes in her book ofthe same name. The term comes<br />

from Ovid's. Metamorphoses and thererefers to the childgod of the<br />

Eleusinian mysteries.. In later timesvon Franz writes the childgod was<br />

identified with. Dionysus and the god Eros. He is the divine youth who<br />

is born in the. night in this typical mothercult mystery of Eleusis and<br />

who is a. redeemer. He is a god of life death and resurrectionthe god of<br />

divine. but we also use it to indicate a certain type of young man who<br />

has an. outstanding mother complex . . . . () Wandering moreover is one<br />

of the. most important traits of the Trickster archetype (Radin ) which<br />

as. we shall see Lear's nonsense exemplifies.There was an Old Man of<br />

Peru Who. never knew what he should do So hetore off his hair And<br />

behaved like a bear. That intrinsic Old Man ofPeru.There was a Young<br />

Lady whose eyes Were unique as. colour and sizeWhen she opened<br />

them wide People all turned aside And. started awayin surprise.There<br />

was a Young Lady of Norway Who casually sat on a. doorway<br />

Whenthe door squeezed her flat She exclaimed 'What of that'.<br />

Thiscourageous Young Lady of Norway.There was an Old Man of<br />

Cape Horn Who. wished he had never been bornSo he sat on a chair<br />

Till he died of despair. That dolorous Man ofCape Horn.There was an<br />

Old Person of Cromer Who stood on. one leg to read HomerWhen he<br />

found he grew stiff He jumped over the cliff. Which concludedthat<br />

Person of Cromer.There was an Old Man on some rocks Who. shut his<br />

wife up in a boxWhen she said 'Let me out' He exclaimed 'Without.<br />

doubt You willpass all your life in that box.'There was an Old Person<br />

of. Bangor Whose face was distorted withanger He tore off his boots<br />

And. subsisted on roots That irasciblePerson of Bangor.There was an<br />

Old Person of. Spain Who hated all trouble and pain Sohe sat on a chair<br />

With his feet. in the air That umbrageous OldPerson of Spain.There<br />

was an Old Person from. Gretna Who rushed down the crater ofEtna<br />

When they said 'Is it hot' He. replied 'No it's not' Thatmendacious Old<br />

Person of Gretna.There was a Young. Lady of Parma Whose conduct<br />

grew calmer and calmerWhen they said 'Are you. dumb' She merely<br />

said 'Hum' That provokingYoung Lady of Parma.There was an. old<br />

man of Hong Kong Who never did anything wrong Helay on his back<br />

With. his head in a sack That innocuous old man ofHong Kong.The<br />

function of the. Trickster according to Kernyi is to adddisorder to order<br />

and so make. a whole to render possible within thefixed bounds of what<br />

is pered an. experience of what is notpered (). Kernyi could just as well.<br />

be describing thenonsense genre that emerged in the nineteenth<br />

century.You. desire to LIVE according to Nature Oh you noble Stoics<br />

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