Figures of Liminality and Transgressors of Limits and Borders: the Trickster, the Uncanny, and the Spiritus Mercurius. A Dialogue between Anthropology, Cultural Psychology and Psychoanalysis

Key Points

• Transgression of borders highlights the role of the trickster in cultural narratives and psychology.
• The concept of liminality reveals deep psychological insights into identity and cultural experience.
• Psychoanalytic perspectives provide a framework to understand the uncanny in human behavior.
• Dialogues among disciplines may enable richer interpretations of complex cultural phenomena.