Anansi The Spider

The most famous past time of the Ancient Ghanaian’s was storytelling or listing to stories and Anansi the Spider is a very popular folk story told all throughout Western Africa. It originated during Ancient Ghanaian times and it was told all throughout Ancient Ghana. It is about a spider who buys the right to all folk stories that were originally told by the Sky God. The Sky God gave him three things to bring to that nobody else would even attempt because of the high risks.


Anansi was a very clever spider though. His first task was to get Mmoboro the hornets. His second task was to get Onini, the great python. His final task was to get Osebo, the leopard. Using his cunning Anansi completed these task and gained the reserved to all folk stories. Back then the people who told Anansi stories and all other stories were known as Riots.


The Spider-Man

He once enjoyed his life as a man. Nyame  (N'-ya-mae), his father,  changed his  mischievous son into a spider. As a spider-man, Anansi continued his pranks. Through his actions we learn how to 
behave.

PROFILE
Given Name: Kweku Anansi
Father: Nyame, the Great Sky God
Mother: Asase Ya, Earth goddess / Goddess of Fertility
Alias(es): Ananse, from the Twi language for spider.  AKA: Anansi / Annancy / Annansay / 
Annancey / Anancyi / Anawnsy / Hanansi / Hanaansi / Compe Anansi / John Anansi / Nansi / 
Nance / Nancy / Mr. Nancy / Brother Anansi / Bro' Anancy / Bra' Nancy / Bre-Nancy / Aunt Nancy 
/ Miss Nancy / Anansi-Tori / Ti Malice / Uncle Bouki / The Spider / Spider-man
Gender: Male
Race: Mixed (50% negroid, 50% supernatural)
Ethnicity: Akan
Specie: Deity-homo-arachnid
Date of Birth: Unknown (around the time when animals and humans spoke to each other).
Day of Birth: Wednesday
Height: Little. Weight: Light.
Address(es): Kumasi, Ghana / Kingston and the counties of Jamaica and other Caribbean 
territories / The Sea Islands and South Carolina (Gullah), USA / The island of Haiti / Paramaribo 
and other districts within Suriname, South America / Garifuna Communities, Belize, Central 
America.
Country of Origin: Asanti, Ghana
Profession: Trickster
M.O. (Modus Operandi): Trickery; Quick-change-artist; Uses his brains; Hustler; Outsmarts
persons larger than himself; Known to travel with immigrants; Often gets in trouble for
a misdemeanor.
Main Enemy: Osebo the Leopard, A.K.A: "Bre'r Tiger", "Bra Tiger", "Bro Tiger", Tiger

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