Spider
A trickster figure in Jamaican folklore.
Patois: Anansi stories full up di place.
English: Spider stories are everywhere.
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Read more »A character in Jamaican and African folklore. Anansi is a spider but often acts like a human being. Anansi is considered to be the god of all knowledge of stories and his tales are believed to have originated from the Ashanti people in Ghana
Patois: Anansi a ginnal, him eva deh trick peeple fi get di upper hand
English: Anansi is a trickster, he’s always tricking people to get the upper hand
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