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* Certain schools of [[Hinduism]] regard [[Buddhism|the Buddha]] as a Trickster Mentor of Hinduism: they believe that he was the ninth incarnation of Vishnu, sent to teach falsehood so that Hindus would know the danger of being sucked into reasonable-seeming but wrong religious arguments.
* Certain schools of [[Hinduism]] regard [[Buddhism|the Buddha]] as a Trickster Mentor of Hinduism: they believe that he was the ninth incarnation of Vishnu, sent to teach falsehood so that Hindus would know the danger of being sucked into reasonable-seeming but wrong religious arguments.


== [[Theater]] ==
== [[Theatre]] ==
* El Gallo in The Fantasticks is this, though the protagonists never quite recognize him as such.
* El Gallo in ''[[The Fantasticks]]'' is this, though the protagonists never quite recognize him as such.


== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==