Africa
The most notable mythology in Africa is Egyptian. Within the Egyptian pantheon, there was one stand-out character who was known for its trickery and ability to sway the minds of men. Set was credited with this and was the god of necessary violence and disorder. In the earlier days of Egyptian worship, Set was revered as a god who blessed the troops and sowed discord within the armies opposing Egypt, but as the culture progressed, Set was credited more and more as an evil god that should be avoided like the plague. Set was the most notable trickster in Egyptian mythology, but in other cultures in Africa, Anansi held that title. Anansi was a character in the Akan culture of West Africa. Although in most stories Anansi is referred to as “he”, they were widely known to be genderfluid and able to take the form of many other creatures to further their trickery. He was most notably depicted as a spider and was karma incarnate. Anansi was credited for many feats like making the sun and moon, and the first inanimate humans, but her title was the god of stories and wisdom. Most trickster gods were given titles similar to that due to the necessary cleverness needed to trick the gods.
Although there are probably thousands of different cultures within Africa, there are a couple more notable ones past Egyptian and Akan, one of them being the Yoruba tribe located in southwestern Nigeria. In Yoruba, their trickster god went by the name Elegua. He had no specific appearance, sometimes being young and foolhardy and other times being old and wise. He introduced chaos and accident into the lives of humans and is a messenger between the spiritual and natural worlds. The last notable African culture yet to be mentioned is the culture of the Igbo people located in the southeast of Nigeria, with their trickster god taking the name Ekwensu. Ekwensu, although a trickster, was also associated with bargaining and war. Her trickery spanned those subjects due to the nature of bargaining (tricking someone into selling something for less) and the way the Igbo people went about war. She was know to guide the ancient Igbo warriors into battle in her Zoomorphic form. We can see the similarities of the tricksters within these few cultures, but when we continue the path humans took around the globe we can see the influence the different continents had on their respective mythoses.