Among the Akan people of modern day Ghana, Anansi is cleverest god there is. It's form is the spider and he is dreaded by both gods and men
Anansi 'the god of of trickery, strategy and stories' is known to have fooled the gods a thousand times and humans were not exempt from his schemes. Here the tales that sets him apart
Once upon a time, there were no stories in the world. The Sky-God, Nyame, kept them all to himself.
Anansi did not like this, he went to Nyame and ask what it would take to make stories available for everyone, humans and gods
Nyame set a high price: Anansi must bring back Onini the Python, Osebo the Leopard, and the Mboro Hornets.
Anansi set about capturing these. First he went to where Python lived and debated out loud whether Python was really longer than the palm branch or not as his wife Aso says. Python overheard and, when Anansi explained the debate, agreed to lie along the palm branch. Because he cannot easily make himself completely straight a true impression of his actual length is difficult to obtain, so Python agreed to be tied to the branch. When he was completely tied, Anansi took him to Nyame.
To catch the leopard, Anansi dug a deep hole in the ground. When the leopard fell in the hole, he offered to help him out with his webs. Once the leopard was out of the hole he was bound in Anansi's webs and was carried away.
To catch the hornets, Anansi filled a calabash with water and poured some over a banana leaf he held over his head and some over the nest, calling out that it was raining. He suggested the hornets get into the empty calabash, and when they obliged, he quickly sealed the opening.
Anansi handed his captives over to Nyame. Nyame rewarded him by making him the god of all stories
Now you could see how one can actually say Anansi invented all of Hollywood
Anansi 'the god of of trickery, strategy and stories' is known to have fooled the gods a thousand times and humans were not exempt from his schemes. Here the tales that sets him apart
Once upon a time, there were no stories in the world. The Sky-God, Nyame, kept them all to himself.
Anansi did not like this, he went to Nyame and ask what it would take to make stories available for everyone, humans and gods
Nyame set a high price: Anansi must bring back Onini the Python, Osebo the Leopard, and the Mboro Hornets.
Anansi set about capturing these. First he went to where Python lived and debated out loud whether Python was really longer than the palm branch or not as his wife Aso says. Python overheard and, when Anansi explained the debate, agreed to lie along the palm branch. Because he cannot easily make himself completely straight a true impression of his actual length is difficult to obtain, so Python agreed to be tied to the branch. When he was completely tied, Anansi took him to Nyame.
To catch the leopard, Anansi dug a deep hole in the ground. When the leopard fell in the hole, he offered to help him out with his webs. Once the leopard was out of the hole he was bound in Anansi's webs and was carried away.
To catch the hornets, Anansi filled a calabash with water and poured some over a banana leaf he held over his head and some over the nest, calling out that it was raining. He suggested the hornets get into the empty calabash, and when they obliged, he quickly sealed the opening.
Anansi handed his captives over to Nyame. Nyame rewarded him by making him the god of all stories
Now you could see how one can actually say Anansi invented all of Hollywood
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