“Where the stories grow on trees” in West Africa is where Ananse, the trickster spider, originates (The Greedy Ananse). Being a trickster does not mean evil, but means chaos. Ananse goes by many different names: Anansi, Anaanu, Anancy, Nanzi and others (Ananse). Each culture has their own version of Ananse, whether it be a spider, coyote, or a bird. According to the textbook Myth and Knowing, trickster myths are the spark of action in any story (pg. 247). Animal tricksters in Africa are described as “hungry for recognition, mentally acute, tight-fisted, ungrateful, greedy, and lazy according to Myth & Knowledge, Why We Tell Stories about Spider (pg. 253). In Africa myths began as oral stories, only being told in person, never written down in
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Although Ananse tricked everyone to get his way, his persistence is admirable. Some may think it is wrong to trick people into getting what they want, but Ananse used many teachable skills. He discovered something he wanted, and worked in every way he knew possible to gain his want. He did not let the tasks slow him down. He used creative and outside the box thinking and problem solving skills. The god thought she could trick Ananse by giving him tasks that she thought would be unmanageable, but he found a way around it. It is very difficult to trick a trickster. Each of the tasks the sky god gave to Ananse to complete were supposed to impossible. The jaguar, with his piercing teeth, and quick speeds are predators and difficult to catch. Predators hunt for their food. So Ananse would be pray to a jaguar. Pray is a lesser animal to a predator. Ananse used his quick thinking and problem solving skills to trick the jaguar to participate in a game allowing Ananse to tie him up. The jaguar agrees to the game and Ananse has then seized the jaguar. Jaguars live in the rainforest (National Geographic). There are many rainforests in West …show more content…
This task is so challenging because being invisible means you cannot see her. Ananse conveniences the fairy to fight a tar baby. A tar baby is covered in tar. Tar, is a black sticky substance that is used now to build roofs. The more you struggle against tar, the harder it is to be released, if at all. The tar stuck to the fairy, allowing the fairy to be seen, in turn allowing Ananse to apprehend the invisible fairy of the forest (Ananse). Each task of catching these creatures, Ananse had to think outside of the box. He could not just walk up to them and ask them to come with him to the sky god. He had to think of each creature’s size, speed and abilities. He used that information to formulate a plan. He also had to think about his environment. Ananse the spider originated in West Africa. You have to cross the Atlantic Ocean to get to West Africa from the United States. (Insert information about West Africa here).
There are many lessons to be learned of Ananse. Although playing tricks on people to get your way is the wrong thing to do, Ananse never gives up when he has his mind set on something. He pushes his way through the difficult tasks to obtain the knowledge and stories from the sky god. He completed what the sky god thought were impossible tasks. He captured a jaguar, hornets and the invisible fairy of the forest. Ananse worked hard and never gave up and gained all the knowledge
Although Ananse tricked everyone to get his way, his persistence is admirable. Some may think it is wrong to trick people into getting what they want, but Ananse used many teachable skills. He discovered something he wanted, and worked in every way he knew possible to gain his want. He did not let the tasks slow him down. He used creative and outside the box thinking and problem solving skills. The god thought she could trick Ananse by giving him tasks that she thought would be unmanageable, but he found a way around it. It is very difficult to trick a trickster. Each of the tasks the sky god gave to Ananse to complete were supposed to impossible. The jaguar, with his piercing teeth, and quick speeds are predators and difficult to catch. Predators hunt for their food. So Ananse would be pray to a jaguar. Pray is a lesser animal to a predator. Ananse used his quick thinking and problem solving skills to trick the jaguar to participate in a game allowing Ananse to tie him up. The jaguar agrees to the game and Ananse has then seized the jaguar. Jaguars live in the rainforest (National Geographic). There are many rainforests in West …show more content…
This task is so challenging because being invisible means you cannot see her. Ananse conveniences the fairy to fight a tar baby. A tar baby is covered in tar. Tar, is a black sticky substance that is used now to build roofs. The more you struggle against tar, the harder it is to be released, if at all. The tar stuck to the fairy, allowing the fairy to be seen, in turn allowing Ananse to apprehend the invisible fairy of the forest (Ananse). Each task of catching these creatures, Ananse had to think outside of the box. He could not just walk up to them and ask them to come with him to the sky god. He had to think of each creature’s size, speed and abilities. He used that information to formulate a plan. He also had to think about his environment. Ananse the spider originated in West Africa. You have to cross the Atlantic Ocean to get to West Africa from the United States. (Insert information about West Africa here).
There are many lessons to be learned of Ananse. Although playing tricks on people to get your way is the wrong thing to do, Ananse never gives up when he has his mind set on something. He pushes his way through the difficult tasks to obtain the knowledge and stories from the sky god. He completed what the sky god thought were impossible tasks. He captured a jaguar, hornets and the invisible fairy of the forest. Ananse worked hard and never gave up and gained all the knowledge