White Ant

Role: white ant · First appears: Tale 7 · Why White Ants Always Harm Man’s Property

In Tale 7, White Ant and his family freed Leopard and Wolf by destroying the tree that held them captive. Soon after they left, Leopard and Wolf mistook the ants for Anansi and his family, poured boiling water over them, and killed all except White Ant.

From that day to this, White Ant vowed never to help anyone again and to take every opportunity to harm property.

Relationship record

Life events

• White Ant and his family freed Leopard and Wolf by destroying the tree.(Tale 7 · Why White Ants Always Harm Man’s Property)
  • With: Leopard (Tale 7) Wolf (Tale 7)
  • “White Ant and his family set to work, destroyed the tree and set them at liberty.”
• Wolf and Leopard poured boiling water on the real ants, killing all except their father.(Tale 7 · Why White Ants Always Harm Man’s Property)
  • With: Wolf (Tale 7) Leopard (Tale 7)
  • “The two hosts, thinking these must be Spider and his family, poured boiling water over them and killed them all except the father.”
• White Ant vowed never to help anyone again and to take every opportunity to harm property.(Tale 7 · Why White Ants Always Harm Man’s Property)
  • “White Ant, on reaching home again, in great anger, vowed that he would never again help any one. He would take every opportunity to harm property.”

Tale 7 · Why White Ants Always Harm Man’s Property

• recipient: Leopard (Tale 7) “White Ant and his family set to work, destroyed the tree and set them at liberty.”
• recipient: Wolf (Tale 7) “White Ant and his family set to work, destroyed the tree and set them at liberty.”
• enemies with Wolf (Tale 7) “The two hosts, thinking these must be Spider and his family, poured boiling water over them and killed them all except the father.”
• enemies with Leopard (Tale 7) “The two hosts, thinking these must be Spider and his family, poured boiling water over them and killed them all except the father.”

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