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Anansi or Ananse (/ ə ˈ n ɑː n s i / ə-NAHN-see; literally translates to spider) is an Akan folktale character associated with stories, wisdom, knowledge, and trickery, most commonly depicted as a spider, in Akan folklore. [1]
Jamaica Anansi Stories is a book by Martha Warren Beckwith published in 1924. It is a collection of folklore, riddles and transcriptions of folk music, all involving the trickster Anansi, gathered from Jamaicans of African descent.
A Story, a Story is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Gail E. Haley that retells the African tale of how the trickster Anansi obtained stories from the Sky God to give to the children of the earth.
Jamaica Anansi Stories. Beckwith conducted research in a variety of European and Middle Eastern countries but her most extensive research focused on Hawaii and Polynesia, Jamaica, and the Sioux tribes of North and South Dakota. Beckwith carried out fieldwork in Jamaica between 1919 and 1922. [3]
For this collection of short stories she received the Dutch award Vlag en Wimpel. [4] In 1987, together with Gerda Havertong, she received the E. du Perron Prize for the preservation and dissemination of the Anansi story. The prize money (2,500 guilders) was invested in 1988 [5] in a study trip to Ghana, where Lichtveld searched for Anansi ...
Two stories from Jamaica feature Anansi the Spider outsmarting various creatures to get their stories. The first story involves Anansi tricking Snake to get the stories from Tiger. The second story involves Anansi trying to admit to the other animals that he is a man after his mother-in-law dies.
According to one tale, Anansi captured him alongside Onini the python and the Mmoboro hornets, to give to the sky god Nyame in exchange for his stories. [1] Anansi captures Osebo by digging a pit in his favorite path. When Osebo falls into the trap, Anansi offers his help by lowering a branch and offering it to Osebo.
West African mythology is the body of myths of the people of West Africa.It consists of tales of various deities, beings, legendary creatures, heroes and folktales from various ethnic groups.