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Anansi: Jamaican stories of the Spider God

Anansi: Jamaican stories of the Spider God

Beckwith, Martha Warren

Paperback

Mythology & Folklore

ISBN10: 9492355175
ISBN13: 9789492355171
Publisher: Vamzzz Publishing
Published: May 17 2016
Pages: 494
Weight: 1.41
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

Jamaican stories of the Spider God

Anansi is both a god, spirit and African folktale character. He often takes the shape of a spider and is considered to be the spirit of all knowledge of stories. He is also one of the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore.

The Anansi tales originated from the Ashanti people of present-day Ghana. The word Ananse is Akan and means spider. They later spread to other Akan groups and then to the West Indies, Suriname, Sierra Leone (where they were introduced by Jamaican Maroons) and the Netherlands Antilles. On Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire he is known as Nanzi, and his wife as Shi Maria. The Jamaican versions of these stories are the most well preserved, because Jamaica had the largest concentration of Asante as slaves in the Americas, and their most complete compilation is found in Anansi, Jamaican stories of the Spider God.

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