Spider Trickster
Krachi · demigod · mythic age · Recorded classification
The spider trickster of the Krachi Ananse cycle recorded by Cardinall, here distinct from the separately-registered Akan Anansi. A trickster culture-hero of more-than-human cunning paired with the sky-god; classed as demigod per the rule that culture-heroes take deity/demigod.
Domains
- trickery and cunning
- wisdom and knowledge
Powers
- outwit the sky-god by cunning
- Win the prize by completing impossible tasks
- Bring stories down to humankind
Relations
- rival: Sky GodCaptain of Wulbari's host whose boast of out-witting the sky-god set off the trial-tales of the Krachi cycle.A.W. Cardinall, Tales Told in Togoland (1931) (secondary)
Sources
- In Krachi tradition Ananse the spider is captain of Wulbari's court and the trickster who repeatedly outwits the sky-god.: A. W. Cardinall, Tales Told in Togoland (Oxford University Press, 1931). (ethnography)