The Arachne story: Greek women weaving at a warp-weighted loom - Athens, 500s BC Who was Arachne? Arachne was a girl who lived in Greece a long long time ago (in the story; this [...]
Djenne clay pot from medieval West Africa Long long ago people didn't know anything. They didn't know how to plant crops, or how to weave clothes, or how to make [...]
Anansi's free dinner: Niger River, West Africa Anansi and the Turtle, continued Well, as time went by, Anansi the spider began to think more and more about how Turtle had [...]
Anansi and the turtle An African story This is an African story about Anansi the spider and Turtle. One day, Anansi the spider picked some yams from his garden. They [...]
Anansi and the wooden baby Aso tells Anansi how to catch a fairy So Anansi climbed back down to earth again to get the fourth creature for Nyame, which was [...]
Anansi catches the leopard Anansi catches the leopard So now Anansi the spider had the snake to give to the god Nyame. But he still needed the other three creatures. So [...]
A West African story Long, long ago, according to this West African story, the sky god Nyame kept all the stories locked up in a wooden box, up high in the sky, [...]
Anansi learns to farm: Women hoeing fields (Uganda) An African story This is a story people in Africa tell about how Anansi the spider taught people how to farm. In [...]
Anansi the Spider: A spider mask from West Africa (but only fifty or a hundred years old) When were Anansi stories written? African storytellers tell stories about a clever spider named Anansi. [...]
