West African Folk Tales
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West African Folk Tales by William H. Barker
By: William H. Barker (1882-1929)

HOW WE GOT THE NAME SPIDER TALES

IN the olden days all the stories which men told were stories of Nyankupon, the chief of the gods. Spider, who was very conceited, wanted the stories to be told about him. Accordingly, one day he went to Nyankupon and asked that, in future, all tales told by men might be Anansi stories, instead of Nyankupon stories. Nyankupon agreed, on one condition. He told Spider (or Anansi) that he must bring him three things: the first was a jar full of live bees, the second was a boa-constrictor, and the third a tiger. Spider gave his promise. He took an earthen vessel and set out for a place where he knew were numbers of bees. When he came in sight of the bees he began saying to himself, They will not be able to fill this jarYes, they will be ableNo, they will not be able, until the bees came up to him and said, What are you talking about, Mr. Ana

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