ananci

noun

A lead character in folk tales. He is depicted as a trickster and cultural hero. He is based largely on the spider gods of African lore, particularly that of the Ashanti tribe.

person

folklore

also known as

bredda ananci, brer ananci, hanaasi, nansi

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photo_library

noun

A spider

animal

also known as

anansi, baa anansi, zae

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9 comments

noordzee

15 years ago

im surinam we know that story too..my fav was anansi with tiger and all the 13 kids.love them

Jenny

5 years ago

We call him Baa Anansi or just Anansi in Suriname.

quinteliana

5 years ago

my mom use to read the book s too me

quarishria

5 years ago

yea same

terani'quania

5 years ago

whachu mean

Ant

3 years ago

We have a lady in jamaica that her name is mrs lue and she do a lots of anansi stories.

Biznizz zanzez

3 years ago

Yeah mi granny affin di story a bout anansi,, a si yuiz a tell me

Girly

last year

My father told us lots of anansi stories. I remember him eating off all the cornmeal porridge after putting it in the sun to heat up, it actually cooled down. That trickster

8 months ago

You will have to line up all the flags because Anansi is in all the Caribbean Nations.