We then are given stories like “The Ant’s Burden” that show Anansi as a man, a farmer even.
The tale even begins with the line saying “A long time ago, Anansi the Spider was walking through the forest looking for food to feed his family.” (“Why Anansi’s Head is Small and His Behind is Big”). In the story of “Why Anansi’s Head is Small and His Behind is Big” we are shown a situation where Anansi is portrayed as a spider. Yes, that is correct, a big hairy spider man thing. For Anansi, we are told from multiple different mythological accounts that this trickster figure/god can inhabit the body of either a normal everyday human being or that of a spider. While these individual tricksters have played their parts in completely different stories, played their part in different cultures …show more content… Both of these trickster figures have appearances in some stories that are strangely similar to or that of an actual animal rather than that of a normal human being, the specific type of animal they are shown as is where the differences can be seen and analyzed. Two of these tricksters, Anansi and Rumpelstiltskin, tend to have relatively different stories while also showing the same characteristics and amoral choices. In particular, trickster characters tend to be the most violent, unpredictable, and memorable of the characters in these stories, however there are different types of tricksters that have been involves in some of the more well-known stories.
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Show More The invention and eventual sharing of mythology and the stories its creation has intern influenced has lead to a series of character types and eventual individual characters that both intrigue and disturb the consumer.
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