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Dictionary definition: Ananse Gets Gods Stories
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- A Dictionary of African Mythology
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Copyright© A Dictionary of African Mythology 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information)
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Ananse Gets God's Stories (Asante/Ghana)
Ananse (Anansi), a divine trickster, mediates between heaven and earth. A master of disguise, deception, and illusion, he tricks gods and humans alike.
Anansi went to Sky God, Onyankopon, and offered to buy his stories from him. Onyankopon told him the price was a python, a hornet, ...
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