West African Folk-Tales · Character Constellations

Orrery character constellations — every star is a character (color = house, size = number of relations); lines are relationships (color = type). Every edge is traceable to a quoted passage from the original text, checked by a verification gate. 53 characters · 57 relationships. Click the map to arm zoom — scroll/pinch to dive in (more names appear as you zoom), drag to pan, double-click to reset. Drag the chapter slider to watch the network grow.

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slider ch range=1..37 step=1 default=37 label="Chapters revealed (Tale 1 · How We Got the Name ‘Spider Tales’ → Tale 36 · Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies)"
group "Anansi’s family" color=#2dd4bf
group others color=#6b7280
rel enemies color=#ef4444 dashed=true
rel patron color=#818cf8
rel parent color=#a78bfa
rel married color=#fb7185
rel employer color=#14b8a6
rel friends color=#a3e635
rel cousins color=#5eead4
rel engaged color=#f472b6
rel mentor color=#22d3ee
node anansi x=779.7 y=639.5 label=Anansi group="Anansi’s family" w=33 ch=1
node nyankupon x=956 y=410.1 label=Nyankupon w=1 ch=1
node tigertale1 x=956 y=466.0 label="Tiger (Tale 1)" w=1 ch=1
node kwekutsin x=761.1 y=716 label="Kweku Tsin" group="Anansi’s family" w=11 ch=2
node nothing x=933.8 y=716 label=Nothing w=2 ch=3
node nothingswife x=956 y=716 label="Nothing’s wife" w=2 ch=3
node mrsanansi x=784.6 y=506.2 label="Mrs. Anansi" group="Anansi’s family" w=2 ch=4
node thunder x=956 y=641.2 label=Thunder w=1 ch=4
node lizard x=863.9 y=716 label=Lizard w=2 ch=5
node wolftale7 x=956 y=716 label="Wolf (Tale 7)" w=3 ch=7
node leopardtale7 x=823.0 y=716 label="Leopard (Tale 7)" w=3 ch=7
node whiteant x=905.6 y=716 label="White Ant" w=4 ch=7
node squirrel x=581.8 y=716 label=Squirrel w=1 ch=8
node fathercrow x=696.1 y=716 label="Father Crow" w=1 ch=8
node ant x=521.6 y=716 label=Ant w=1 ch=9
node anansisson x=604.9 y=559.1 label="Anansi’s son" group="Anansi’s family" w=1 ch=10
node adzanumee x=308.4 y=716 label=Adzanumee w=1 ch=12
node kofi x=647.0 y=716 label=Kofi w=2 ch=13
node morningsunrise x=213.6 y=716 label="Morning Sunrise" w=3 ch=14
node thinker x=152.2 y=716 label=Thinker w=2 ch=14
node ohia x=91.7 y=716 label=Ohia w=9 ch=19
node awirehu x=44 y=716 label=Awirehu w=2 ch=19
node deer x=44 y=716 label=Deer w=2 ch=19
node kingtiger x=44 y=716 label="King Tiger" w=2 ch=19
node motherhen x=44 y=623.4 label="Mother Hen" w=1 ch=20
node mauri x=44 y=403.7 label=Mauri w=1 ch=21
node klo x=44 y=532.2 label=Klo w=2 ch=21
node koklovi x=44 y=472.1 label=Koklovi w=1 ch=21
node kwesi x=44 y=297.5 label=Kwesi w=7 ch=23
node depor x=44 y=222.8 label=Depor w=1 ch=23
node kwofi x=44 y=136.6 label=Kwofi w=5 ch=24
node kwofismother x=44 y=44 label="Kwofi’s mother" w=1 ch=24
node liontale24 x=44 y=44 label="Lion (Tale 24)" w=2 ch=25
node wolftale24 x=44 y=44 label="Wolf (Tale 24)" w=2 ch=25
node makumawu x=121.2 y=44 label="Maku Mawu" w=3 ch=26
node makufia x=44 y=44 label="Maku Fia" w=1 ch=26
node leopardtale27 x=194.2 y=44 label="Leopard (Tale 27)" w=2 ch=28
node ram x=265.4 y=44 label=Ram w=2 ch=28
node cat x=368.6 y=44 label=Cat w=2 ch=29
node leopardtale28 x=443.0 y=44 label="Leopard (Tale 28)" w=2 ch=29
node quarcoobah_boni x=748.0 y=44 label="Quarcoo Bah-boni" w=12 ch=30
node goat x=611.6 y=44 label=Goat w=2 ch=30
node wolftale29 x=674.4 y=44 label="Wolf (Tale 29)" w=2 ch=30
node tigertale29 x=798.0 y=44 label="Tiger (Tale 29)" w=2 ch=30
node liontale29 x=894.4 y=44 label="Lion (Tale 29)" w=2 ch=30
node elephant x=847.7 y=44 label=Elephant w=2 ch=30
node hare x=956 y=44 label=Hare w=1 ch=31
node chameleon x=956 y=44 label=Chameleon w=1 ch=31
node leopardtale32 x=956 y=87.2 label="Leopard (Tale 32)" w=2 ch=33
node serpent x=956 y=151.0 label=Serpent w=3 ch=33
node tigertale33 x=956 y=233.7 label="Tiger (Tale 33)" w=5 ch=34
node farmermybrow x=956 y=511.7 label="Farmer Mybrow" w=3 ch=37
node mybrowswife x=956 y=572.2 label="Mybrow’s wife" w=2 ch=37
edge nyankupon anansi rel=patron ch=1
edge anansi tigertale1 rel=enemies ch=1
edge anansi kwekutsin rel=parent ch=2
edge anansi nothing rel=enemies ch=3
edge nothing nothingswife rel=married ch=3
edge thunder anansi rel=patron ch=4
edge anansi kwekutsin rel=parent ch=4
edge anansi mrsanansi rel=married ch=4
edge anansi lizard rel=friends ch=5
edge anansi lizard rel=enemies ch=5
edge anansi kwekutsin rel=parent ch=6
edge anansi kwekutsin rel=enemies ch=6
edge kwekutsin anansi rel=patron ch=6
edge anansi wolftale7 rel=enemies ch=7
edge anansi leopardtale7 rel=enemies ch=7
edge whiteant leopardtale7 rel=patron ch=7
edge whiteant wolftale7 rel=patron ch=7
edge whiteant wolftale7 rel=enemies ch=7
edge leopardtale7 whiteant rel=enemies ch=7
edge anansi squirrel rel=enemies ch=8
edge anansi fathercrow rel=enemies ch=8
edge anansi kwekutsin rel=parent ch=9
edge anansi ant rel=enemies ch=9
edge anansi mrsanansi rel=married ch=10
edge anansi anansisson rel=parent ch=10
edge anansi kofi rel=cousins ch=13
edge anansi kofi rel=enemies ch=13
edge morningsunrise thinker rel=engaged ch=14
edge morningsunrise thinker rel=married ch=14
edge anansi kwekutsin rel=parent ch=16
edge anansi kwekutsin rel=parent ch=18
edge awirehu ohia rel=married ch=19
edge deer ohia rel=enemies ch=19
edge kingtiger deer rel=patron ch=19
edge kingtiger ohia rel=patron ch=20
edge awirehu ohia rel=married ch=20
edge klo koklovi rel=enemies ch=21
edge mauri klo rel=employer ch=21
edge depor kwesi rel=patron ch=23
edge kwofismother kwofi rel=parent ch=24
edge liontale24 wolftale24 rel=enemies ch=25
edge makufia makumawu rel=friends ch=26
edge leopardtale27 ram rel=friends ch=28
edge cat leopardtale28 rel=mentor ch=29
edge cat leopardtale28 rel=enemies ch=29
edge goat quarcoobah_boni rel=employer ch=30
edge wolftale29 quarcoobah_boni rel=employer ch=30
edge tigertale29 quarcoobah_boni rel=employer ch=30
edge liontale29 quarcoobah_boni rel=employer ch=30
edge elephant quarcoobah_boni rel=employer ch=30
edge goat quarcoobah_boni rel=enemies ch=30
edge quarcoobah_boni wolftale29 rel=enemies ch=30
edge quarcoobah_boni tigertale29 rel=enemies ch=30
edge liontale29 quarcoobah_boni rel=enemies ch=30
edge elephant quarcoobah_boni rel=enemies ch=30
edge chameleon hare rel=enemies ch=31
edge farmermybrow mybrowswife rel=married ch=37

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