the servant (Tale 31)

Role: servant · First appears: Tale 31 · To Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a Wren Is a Very Foolish Thing to Do

Life events

• Anansi tricked the servant into leaving, then secretly cut down the tree with a steel axe.(Tale 31 · To Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a Wren Is a Very Foolish Thing to Do · 📍 the King’s town)
  • With: Anansi
  • “In his absence, Spider seized the sharp axe and hastened to cut as much of the tree as he could, carefully hiding the axe in his bag before the servant’s return.”

Tale 31 · To Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a Wren Is a Very Foolish Thing to Do

• enemies with Anansi (Spider deceives the servant to conceal his use of the steel axe.) “In his absence, Spider seized the sharp axe and hastened to cut as much of the tree as he could, carefully hiding the axe in his bag before the servant’s return.”

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Extracted from the original text of West African Folk-Tales. Made with Rho MD.