Kuma Lisa (

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Ma ...

and bg, Кума Лиса or Godmother Fox translated literally into English) or Lisa Patrikeyevna (russian: Лиса Патрикеевна, meaning Fox Patrikas's-daughter, named after prince Patrikas, who was known as a very sly politician) or Lisichka-sestrichka ( uk, Лисичка-сестричка which means Fox-sister) is a character who is a fox from

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n and

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folklore Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, rangin ...

. She usually plays the role of the

trickster In mythology and the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a character in a story ( god, goddess, spirit, human or anthropomorphisation) who exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge and uses it to play tricks or otherwi ...

, as an

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. Many folk tales as well as authored works use the character of Kuma Lisa. In many tales Kuma Lisa is encountered with another character known as Kumcho Vulcho - a

wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly un ...

which is opposite to her and very often suffers from her tricks.

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