The dimensions of astute intelligence and deception in the cultural heritage: trickster and Mễtis as dialogic figures

Este artículo revisa las representaciones referidas a la figura folclórica del trickster y a la figura griega de Mễtis, como imágenes dialógicas y símbolos transculturales y bifrontes, vinculados con una inteligencia astuta capaz y con sus habilidades para deconstruir las representaciones comunes y crear paradojas que estimulan el conocimiento. Se proponen como estudios de casos diferentes textos e hitos interculturales.This paper reviews the representations of the folkloric figure of Trickster and the Greek figure of Metis as dialogic images and transcultural, two-sided symbols linked to a capable cunning intelligence and its ability to deconstruct common representations and create paradoxes that promote knowledge. Several texts and intercultural milestones are proposed as case studies.peerReviewe