Clowns represent happiness, fun and just a hint of trickery. I am talking abut circus clowns, not the kind that appear in sinister novels, but the kind that entertain for laughs.
The trickery element comes from their mercurial factor, or their likeness to Loki, the trickster God. Mercury, whose day is Wednesday, although fleet of foot, was also a famous trickster. but it is that very element that keeps circus clowns fresh and entertaining.
