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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]
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.
Examples of animal tricksters include Anansi, a spider in the folklore of the Ashanti people of Ghana; Ijàpá, a tortoise in Yoruba folklore of Nigeria; and Sungura, a hare found in central and East African folklore. [10] Other works in written form are abundant, namely in North Africa, the Sahel regions of west Africa and on the Swahili coast.
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.
The Babylonian Map of the World (also Imago Mundi or Mappa mundi) is a Babylonian clay tablet with a schematic world map and two inscriptions written in the Akkadian language. Dated to no earlier than the 9th century BC (with a late 8th or 7th century BC date being more likely), it includes a brief and partially lost textual description.
Juan de la Cosa's map is a manuscript nautical chart of the world drawn on two joined sheets of parchment sewn onto a canvas backing. It measures 96 cm high by 183 cm wide. A legend written in Spanish at the western edge of the map translates as "Juan de la Cosa made this (map) in the port of Santa Maria in the year 1500".
Anansi had the ability to perform fantastic feats and was also very tricky. It is said that Anansi taught the Akan people the art of weaving and the construction of houses. The Barbados Land-ship therefore does a re-enactment of the Anansi story, using the eight ribbons for the weave, which represents the eight legs of the spider.
1972, Anansi the Spider was a runner-up for the Caldecott Medal [5] 1973, Anansi was named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list; 1974, Arrow to the Sun was the Caldecott Medal-winning U.S. picture book; 1993, Raven: A Trickster Tale From The Pacific Northwest was a runner-up for both the Caldecott and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for ...