The Trickster and the Engineer

• Published in: Nordlit
• Main Author: Lill Tove Fredriksen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Norwegian
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2018
• Subjects: Trickster; stállu; coping skills; Sámi oral tradition; humor; non-verbal communication; Norwegian literature; PT8301-9155; Norway; Stállu; Northern Norway; Sámi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/13.4417; https://doaj.org/article/c65ced1f97db4a5499718117a62b4166

In the beginning of the 2000’s a meeting takes place at one of the major hospitals in Northern Norway, between a Sámi patient Juvvá, and his roommate, a retired Norwegian engineer. The engineer shows a negative attitude towards his Sámi roommate. Based on a symptomatic reading of three stories, this...