In Global Mythological Culture, it is the Trickster who is the presiding deity of the Marketplace, reminding us that the market-place is not meant to be VoldeMart, but the Caravanserai, spicy ingenious solutions confluencing.
In Santeria, the market-place is the Realm of Oya, who summons the wild winds of change, who’s crazy about purple, and whom vendors honor by putting an eggplant on their altar.