Anansi

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culture hero folklore character mythological spider trickster deity

Anansi is a trickster spider-god from West African and Caribbean folklore, known for his cleverness, storytelling, and role in outwitting more powerful beings.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Anansi canonical 14
Anansi stories 3
Ananse 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf culture hero ⓘ
folklore character ⓘ
mythological spider ⓘ
trickster deity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ananse ⓘ
linked to: Anansi

Kwaku Ananse ⓘ
linked to: Anansi
appearsInWork American Gods ⓘ
Anansi Boys ⓘ
associatedWithConcept Anansesem (spider stories) ⓘ
folktales ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Nyame ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Akan people ⓘ
Ashanti people ⓘ
childOf Asase Yaa ⓘ
Nyame ⓘ
commonTrait cunning ⓘ
greedy ⓘ
lazy ⓘ
resourceful ⓘ
self-interested ⓘ
culture African diaspora folklore ⓘ
Akan folklore ⓘ
Caribbean folklore ⓘ
West African folklore ⓘ
dayNameAssociation Wednesday ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
influencedTradition African American folklore ⓘ
Brer Rabbit tales ⓘ
linked to: Br'er Rabbit

Caribbean Anansi stories ⓘ
languageOfName Akan ⓘ
medium children’s stories ⓘ
contemporary fantasy literature ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
modernAdaptationName Mr. Nancy ⓘ
narrativeFunction explains origins of stories ⓘ
satirizes power and authority ⓘ
teaches moral lessons ⓘ
notableStory Anansi and the moss-covered rock ⓘ
linked to: Anansesem (spider stories)

Anansi and the pot of wisdom ⓘ
linked to: Anansi

Anansi and the turtle ⓘ
linked to: Anansesem (spider stories)

Anansi and the yam hills ⓘ
linked to: Anansi

How Anansi obtained the stories of the sky god ⓘ
linked to: Anansi
originatesFrom Ghana ⓘ
parent Adie ⓘ
Afudohwedohwe ⓘ
Anansewa ⓘ
Ferekykye ⓘ
Kyekyeku ⓘ
Nankonhwea ⓘ
Ntikuma ⓘ
primaryRegionOfVeneration Caribbean ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
role culture bearer ⓘ
mediator between humans and gods ⓘ
storyteller ⓘ
trickster ⓘ
spouse Aso ⓘ
symbolizes cleverness ⓘ
resistance to oppression ⓘ
survival through wit ⓘ
the power of storytelling ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
typicalForm human–spider hybrid ⓘ
man ⓘ
spider ⓘ
usedAsSymbolBy enslaved Africans in the Americas ⓘ
usedAsSymbolFor cultural continuity in the African diaspora ⓘ
intellectual resistance ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anansi Boys → featuresCharacter → Anansi ⓘ
Anansi Boys → hasSubject → Anansi (mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Anansi
Coming Through Slaughter → publisher → Anansi ⓘ
JamaicanFolklore → hasKeyFigure → Anansi ⓘ
JamaicanFolklore → hasGenre → Anansi stories ⓘ
linked to: Anansi
Afro-Saint Lucian people → culturalPracticesInclude → Anansi stories ⓘ
linked to: Anansi
Afro-Caribbean culture → hasCulturalPractice → Anansi stories ⓘ
linked to: Anansi
Nyame → associatedDeity → Anansi ⓘ
Nyame → parentOf → Anansi ⓘ
Mr. Nancy → basedOn → Anansi ⓘ
Mr. Nancy → hasAlias → Anansi ⓘ
Mr. Nancy → hasMythologicalCounterpart → Anansi ⓘ
Anansi → notableStory → How Anansi obtained the stories of the sky god ⓘ
linked to: Anansi
Anansi → notableStory → Anansi and the pot of wisdom ⓘ
linked to: Anansi
Anansi → notableStory → Anansi and the yam hills ⓘ
linked to: Anansi
Anansi → alsoKnownAs → Ananse ⓘ
linked to: Anansi
Anansi → alsoKnownAs → Kwaku Ananse ⓘ
linked to: Anansi
Fat Charlie Nancy → hasFather → Anansi ⓘ
Fat Charlie Nancy → fatherIs → Anansi ⓘ
Fat Charlie Nancy → hasDivineParent → Anansi ⓘ
Fat Charlie Nancy → basedOn → Anansi folklore ⓘ
linked to: Anansi
Spider → basedOn → Anansi ⓘ
Spider → hasParent → Anansi ⓘ
American folk tales → includesCharacter → Anansi (in African American adaptations) ⓘ
linked to: Anansi
Bredda Nancy → relatedTo → Anansi ⓘ