Squirrel

Role: squirrel · First appears: Tale 8 · The Squirrel and the Spider

In Tale 8 · The Squirrel and the Spider, the very next day, Anansi and his family made a road to Squirrel’s farm and began taking its ripe corn. Anansi returned for more of the harvest and claimed the farm as his own. Squirrel appealed to the law, but the court ruled that because the fields had no roadway, they belonged to Anansi.

Relationship record

Life events

• Anansi and his family made a road to Squirrel’s farm and began cutting and carrying away its ripe corn.(Tale 8 · The Squirrel and the Spider)
  • With: Anansi
  • “The very next day they all set out for this fine place, and set to work immediately to make a road.”
• Anansi stole more of Squirrel’s harvest and claimed the farm as his own.(Tale 8 · The Squirrel and the Spider)
  • With: Anansi
  • “Sure enough Spider soon reappeared to steal more of the harvest.”
• The court ruled that the fields belonged to Anansi because they had no roadway.(Tale 8 · The Squirrel and the Spider)
  • With: Anansi
  • “Squirrel appealed to the law, but the court decided that no one had ever had a farm without a road leading to it, therefore the fields must be Spider’s.”

Tale 8 · The Squirrel and the Spider

• enemies with Anansi “Then he and his family began to cut down and carry away such of the corn as was ripe.”

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