Spider and the Sky God

Spider and the Sky God PDF Author:
Publisher: Troll Communications
ISBN: 9780816728121
Category : Anansi (Legendary character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In this trickster tale, Ananse the spider must meet Sky God's challenge to prove that he can spin stories and tales as splendid as his spider webs.

Spider and the Sky God

Spider and the Sky God PDF Author:
Publisher: Troll Communications
ISBN: 9780816728121
Category : Anansi (Legendary character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In this trickster tale, Ananse the spider must meet Sky God's challenge to prove that he can spin stories and tales as splendid as his spider webs.

Stories of the Sky-god

Stories of the Sky-god PDF Author: Robert Reid
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597094023
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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A Story, a Story

A Story, a Story PDF Author: Gail E. Haley
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780689205118
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. Ananse, the Spider man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky and went up to bargain with the Sky God. The price the Sky God asked was Osebo, the leopard of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet who-stings-like-fire, and Mmoatia the fairy whom-men-never-see. How Ananse paid the price is told in a graceful and clever text, with forceful, lovely woodcut illustrations.

Anansi and the Box of Stories

Anansi and the Box of Stories PDF Author: Stephen Krensky
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1580136559
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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The sky god Nyame owns all the stories in the world. He keeps them to himself in a box in his kingdom in the clouds. But Anansi thinks the stories should be shared by all creatures. So one day he strikes a bargain with the sky god. If Anansi can trick some of the earth’s fiercest and quickest creatures, Nyame will share his stories. Learn how Anansi wins the box of stories in this ancient tale from West Africa.

Anansi the Trickster Spider

Anansi the Trickster Spider PDF Author: Lynne Garner
Publisher: Mad Moment Media
ISBN: 9781999680732
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110

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Anansi The Trickster Spider - Volumes One and Two (16 short stories) The stories featured in this book introduce Anansi the Spider, a traditional African trickster character. Anansi is as clever as he is lazy and he loves to prove just how smart he is by tricking the people of the village and the animals of the jungle. Luckily Anansi is not always as clever as he likes to think he is. Sometimes everything backfires on him and he becomes the victim of his own tricks. This book contains 16 short stories that were originally published as two eBook volumes, available to download from Amazon. These stories are: - Anansi and the gum doll - How Anansi got to ride Tiger - How Anansi turned an ear of corn into one hundred goats - How Anansi won the stories of the Sky God - Why spiders stay on the ceiling - Anansi and the witch named 'Five' - Anansi and the pot of wisdom - Anansi and the Tommy (Thompson Gazelle) - How Anansi missed four parties on one night - Anansi invites Turtle to tea - Anansi, Fly and Ant win the sun - Anansi and the talking melon - Anansi and the moss covered rock - Why Anansi has thin, long legs - Anansi and the field of corn - Anansi and the tug of war For FREE Anansi themed activities and downloads visit www.anansi-spider.com

Ananse and the Sky God

Ananse and the Sky God PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780717281299
Category : Anansi (Legendary character)
Languages : en
Pages :

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Ananse the Spider Man agrees to spin a web and climb into the sky to ask the Sky God to give him some stories to take back to the children of the world.

Legends of the World

Legends of the World PDF Author: Richard Cavendish
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780856133237
Category : Legends
Languages : en
Pages : 432

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American Gods

American Gods PDF Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0380789035
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 628

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Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible. He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm is coming. And from that moment on, nothing will ever he the same...

The Spider's Thread

The Spider's Thread PDF Author: Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784880128757
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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AKAN-ASHANTI FOLKTALES (Revised and Annotated)

AKAN-ASHANTI FOLKTALES (Revised and Annotated) PDF Author:
Publisher: Prince Sarfo-Adu
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 327

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This is a collection of 75 Ashanti tales recorded in the Ashanti and Kwawu areas of Ghana.Each folktale in Twi/Akan dialect of the Tshi language, is followed by an English translation. The English translation is, throughout, made as nearly literal as possible.(At this point, one meets a certain difficulty in a conflict between a desire for accuracy and an endeavour to give a translation acceptable to English ears). First published in 1930 by R.S. Rattray, this edition features a modern Akan/Twi orthography with a brief introduction to the Language. Ashanti folktales often tell a moral lesson, describe a myth, or answer a question about the natural world. Most of the Ashanti tales use animal characters to represent human qualities such as jealousy, honesty, greed, and bravery. Ananse, the spider, is a trickster figure who appears in many of the Ashanti tales. With regard to the classification of these stories, it will be observed that the majority of them fall under one or other of the well-known headings: drolls and cumulative tales; apologues or tales with a moral; aetiological stories, accounting for physical characteristics in men and beasts, e.g. How the Leopard became Spotted; etymological tales, e.g. How the Ram came to be called Odwanini. Each and all of the stories in this volume would, however, be classed by the Akan-speaking African under the generic title of “Anansesɛm” (Spider stories), whether the spider appeared in the tale or not.