magician, con artist, conjurer, grifter, autolycus, conjuror, conniver, conman, charlatan, rascal, schemer, clown, mentalist, flatterer, scoundrel, fabulist, jester, magus, mystic, sorcerer, shaman, fairy, mountebank, passepartout, changeling, prestidigitator, spiritualist, bamboozles, deceiver, charmer, cardsharp, desperado, folktale, impersonator, ronin, kleptomaniac, prankster, ladykiller, mentalism, pickpocket, simpleton, imposter, alter ego, hustler, pooka, sidekick, snake charmer, rotter, illusionist, escapologist, joker, knight errant, riddler, bumbler, fakir, ventriloquist, enchanters, metaphysician, misfit, punster, jape, swindlers, fable, skirt chaser, djinn, necromancy, chameleon, storyteller, mesmerism, betrayer, villain, highwayman, slyness, witch doctor, circus acrobat, launce, telepath, crook, egotist, weasel, gamester, scallywag, buffoon, tanuki, roue, sorceress, disguises, spiritism, thief, cat burglar, henchman, rhetorician, healer, wheeler dealer, revenges, djinns, bunyip, poisoner, usurer, smiler, thug, satyr, tricksters, juggler, seducer, matchmaker, swindler, intriguer, showman, deceivers, hero, opportunist, trick, devil, mythical, mythological, picaresque, puranic, underdog, arthurian, comic, epic, epical, fantastical, fictional, legendary, martyr, mythic, ossianic, romanticized, byronic, chivalric, fabulous, fictitious

bluffer, chiseler, chiseller, counterfeiter, dissembler, dodger, double-crosser, double-dealer, fake, faker, falsifier, figurehead, forger, fortune hunter, fox, fraud, front, front man, gouger, hypocrite, imitator, impostor, liar, nominal head, obscurantist, phoney, phony, pretender, prevaricator, pseud, pseudo, role player, sandbagger, sham, sharper, sharpie, sharpy, slyboots, straw man, traitor

loki

bad hat, mischief-maker, offender, troublemaker, trouble maker, wrongdoer

cheat, cheater, hoaxer, practical joker