It might be a local idiomatic expression. It means a prankster or someone who always has that twinkle in their eye like they're messing with you.

Haha - "distributor". That would be funny, but certainly not. I think he was just writing something inflammatory in a book with a popular audience. I honestly wouldn't know if he had a religious agenda, since I'm not familiar with his views on religion.

Oh, I know what you're talking about now. I'm more of a hobby reader of Nietzsche anyway. I find him a fun read, and he may have influenced the way I put my statement about classical and modern gods. It's possible Nietzsche and I disagree on many more things.

I tend to argue (in a tongue-in-cheek way I think Nietzsche enjoyed himself) that having more than one god at least eliminates the tiresome arguments about omnipotence, and makes for better stories. The modern christian seems forced to make a god out of the devil in order to accomplish this goal. But at least that way, there's a battle.