Mrs. Anansi

Also known as: Anansi’s wife · Family: Anansi and his family · Role: wife of Anansi · First appears: Tale 4 · Thunder and Anansi

In Tale 4 · Thunder and Anansi, Mrs. Anansi is Anansi’s wife, whose family had gone without food. Once Kweku Tsin brought out the pot and called the family to eat, she took it to the village to feed everybody; while preparing the meal, the pot grew too hot and melted away.

In Tale 10 · Why Spiders Are Always Found in the Corners of Ceilings, Anansi’s wife and son returned to their village, leaving him at the farm.

Relationship record

Life events

• Kweku Tsin brought out the pot and called the family to eat.(Tale 4 · Thunder and Anansi)
  • With: Kweku Tsin
  • “As soon as he was safely out of sight, Kweku Tsin fetched out the pot and called all his hungry family to come at once.”
• Mrs. Anansi took the pot to the village to feed everybody, and it melted from the heat.(Tale 4 · Thunder and Anansi · 📍 the village)
  • “When they had finished, Mrs. Anansi—to punish her husband—said she would take the pot down to the village and give everybody a meal. This she did—but alas! in working to prepare so much food at one time, the pot grew too hot and melted away.”
• Anansi’s wife and son returned to the village, leaving him at the farm.(Tale 10 · Why Spiders Are Always Found in the Corners of Ceilings · 📍 village)
  • With: Anansi Anansi’s son
  • “They went straight back to their village, leaving the cunning husband to start on his journey.”

Tale 4 · Thunder and Anansi

• married with Anansi “He had been quite unable to obtain food for his poor wife and family.”

Tale 10 · Why Spiders Are Always Found in the Corners of Ceilings

• married with Anansi “Anansi’s wife and son thought this a very good, sensible plan, and at once agreed to it. They went straight back to their village, leaving the cunning husband to start on his journey.”

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