Develop a well-detailed essay of 4-5 paragraphs
Trickery and magic figure largely in Popul Vuh and Sundiata. In many of our epics, our epic heroes succeed with more than “brute strength.” They use their brains and sometimes magical weapons to succeed. Compare and contrast the use of trickery and magic in Popul Vuh to the use of trickery and/or magic in Sundiata. How do they differ? Are they successful? Although not required, referring to some of the other epics that we have studied would be useful (to give just one example, trickery in The Odyssey; some of the deceivers found in Dante’s Inferno).