Anansi’s son

Family: Anansi and his family · Role: son · First appears: Tale 10 · Why Spiders Are Always Found in the Corners of Ceilings

Life events

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 Mrs. Anansi
- “They went straight back to their village, leaving the cunning husband to start on his journey.”
Anansi’s son discovered that more than half the harvest was gone.(Tale 10 · Why Spiders Are Always Found in the Corners of Ceilings · 📍 farm)
- “Great was his surprise to see that more than half of their magnificent harvest had gone.”
Anansi became stuck to the rubber figure and was caught by his son and the villagers.(Tale 10 · Why Spiders Are Always Found in the Corners of Ceilings · 📍 farm)
- With: Anansi
- “There Egya Anansi had to stay till daybreak, when his son came out with the other villagers to catch the robber.”

parent: Anansi “By that time Anansi’s son began to think it was time for him to go and weed the farm, lest the weeds should grow too high.”

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