Nyankupon

Role: chief of the gods · First appears: Tale 1 · How We Got the Name ‘Spider Tales’

Life events

• Anansi asked Nyankupon to make future tales Anansi stories instead of Nyankupon stories.(Tale 1 · How We Got the Name ‘Spider Tales’)
  • With: Anansi
  • “Accordingly, one day he went to Nyankupon and asked that, in future, all tales told by men might be Anansi stories, instead of Nyankupon stories.”
• Nyankupon made Anansi's request conditional on bringing him three things.(Tale 1 · How We Got the Name ‘Spider Tales’)
  • With: Anansi
  • “Nyankupon agreed, on one condition. He told Spider (or Anansi) that he must bring him three things: the first was a jar full of live bees, the second was a boa-constrictor, and the third a tiger.”
• Anansi promised to bring Nyankupon the three things he required.(Tale 1 · How We Got the Name ‘Spider Tales’)
  • With: Anansi
  • “Spider gave his promise.”
• Anansi tricked the bees into the jar, sealed it, and sent it to Nyankupon.(Tale 1 · How We Got the Name ‘Spider Tales’)
  • With: Anansi
  • “As soon as they were safely inside, Anansi sealed up the jar and sent it off to Nyankupon.”
• Anansi tied the boa-constrictor to a stick and sent him to Nyankupon.(Tale 1 · How We Got the Name ‘Spider Tales’)
  • With: Anansi boa-constrictor (Tale 1)
  • “The boa innocently laid himself out straight, and Spider lost no time in tying him on to the stick from end to end. He then sent him to Nyankupon.”
• Anansi sewed up the tiger’s eyes and led him helpless to Nyankupon’s house.(Tale 1 · How We Got the Name ‘Spider Tales’ · 📍 Nyankupon’s house)
  • With: Anansi Tiger (Tale 1)
  • “Having thus made the tiger helpless, he led him straight to Nyankupon’s house.”
• Nyankupon gave Anansi permission to call all the old tales Anansi tales.(Tale 1 · How We Got the Name ‘Spider Tales’)
  • With: Anansi
  • “He immediately gave him permission for the future to call all the old tales Anansi tales.”

Tale 1 · How We Got the Name ‘Spider Tales’

• recipient: Anansi “Nyankupon was amazed at Spider’s cleverness in fulfilling the three conditions. He immediately gave him permission for the future to call all the old tales Anansi tales.”

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