Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore
I. HOW WE GOT THE NAME ‘SPIDER TALES’ 29 II. HOW WISDOM BECAME THE PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN RACE 33 III. ANANSI AND NOTHING 35 IV. THUNDER AND ANANSI 39 V. WHY THE LIZARD CONTINUALLY MOVES HIS HEAD UP AND DOWN 45 VI. TIT FOR TAT 51 VII. WHY WHITE ANTS ALWAYS HARM MAN’S PROPERTY 5...
I. HOW WE GOT THE NAME ‘SPIDER TALES’ 29 II. HOW WISDOM BECAME THE PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN RACE 33 III. ANANSI AND NOTHING 35 IV. THUNDER AND ANANSI 39 V. WHY THE LIZARD CONTINUAL...
2. Part 2The third day he took a needle and thread and sewed up his eye. He then set out for a den where he knew a tiger lived. As he approached the place he began to shout and sing so l...
3. Part 3Soon after their departure the real ants arrived. The two hosts, thinking these must be Spider and his family, poured boiling water over them and killed them all except the father.
4. Part 4When he brought it, she directed him to remove the peel from the yam and throw the latter away. He was then to boil the rind, and, while boiling, it would become yam. It did act...
5. Part 5He was taken into the palace—and by the use of many wonderful medicines he was restored to life. But since that date he has never been able to stand upright. He has been a creep...
6. Part 6The first thing Leopard had to learn was to hide himself among the bushes by the roadside, so that he would not be seen by any animal passing by. Next, he must learn how to move...
7. Part 7The Assembly declared that the Omanhene had failed to find out the riddle and must die. Accordingly he was beheaded—and the young man was appointed Omanhene in his place.