[Annotatie]: Anansi is both a god, spirit and African folktale character. He often takes the shape of a spider and is considered to be the spirit of all knowledge of stories. He is also one of the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore.[Inhoudsopgave]: Preface11 Animal Stories 1 Tying Tiger17 2 Tiger as Substitute21 3 Tiger as Riding-horse25 4 Tigers Sheep-skin Suit27 5 Tiger Catching the Sheep-thief30 6 Tigers Breakfast35 7 Eggs and Scorpions37 8 Tigers Bone-hole38 9 The Christening39 10 Eating Tigers Guts40 11 Throwing away Knives42 12 Grace Before Meat44 13 Day-time Trouble46 14 New Names49 15 Long-shirt51 16 Shut up in the Pot53 17 House in the Air55 18 Goat on the Hill-side59 19 Dog and Dog-head60 20 Tacoomahs Corn-piece61 21 Anansi and the Tar-baby62 22 Inside the Cow67 23 Cunnie-More-Than-Father70 24 The Duckano tree75 25 Food and Cudgel76 26 The Riddle79 27 Anansi and Brother Dead81 28 Brother Dead and the Brindle Puppy84 29 The Cowitch and Mr. Foolman86 30 Dry-Head and Anansi88 31 The Yam-hills92 32 The Law against Back-biting94 33 Fling-a-mile97 34 But-but and Anansi101 35 Tumble-bug and Anansi103 36 Horse and Anansi104 37 Anansi in Monkey Country106 38 Curing the Sick108 39 Anansi, White-belly and Fish112 40 Goats Escape114 41 Turtles Escape118 42 Fire and Anansi119 43 Quit-quit and Anansi120 44 Spider Marries Monkeys Daughter122 45 The Chain of Victims124 46 Why Tumble-bug Rolls in the Dung126 47 Why John-crow has a Bald Head127 48 Why Dog is always Looking128 49 Why Rocks at the River are covered with Moss129 50 Why Ground-dove Complains130 51 Why Hog is always Grunting131 52 Why Toad Croaks132 53 Why Woodpecker Bores Wood133 54 Why Crab is afraid after Dark134 55 Why Mice are no Bigger135 56 Rats Wedding136 57 Cockroach Stories138 58 Hunter, Guinea-hen and Fish142 59 Rabbit Stories144 60 The Animal Race146 61 The Fasting Trial (fragment)150 62 Man is Stronger151 Old Stories, Chiefly of Sorcery 63 The Pea that made a Fortune154 64 Settling the Fathers Debt155 65 Mr. Lenamans Corn-field157 66 Simon Tootoos160 67 The Tree-wife164 68 Sammy the Comferee166 69 Grandy-Do-an-Do169 70 Jack and Harry174 71 Pea-fowl as Messenger176 72 The Barking Puppy179 73 The Singing Bird181 74 Two Sisters184 75 Asoonah187 76 The Greedy Child189 77 Alimoty and Aliminty191 78 The Fish Lover192 79 Juggin Straw Blue198 80 The Witch and the Grain of Peas201 81 Bosen Corner203 82 The Three Dogs206 83 Andrew and his Sisters212 84 The Hunter215 85 Man-Snake as Bridegroom218 86 The Girls who married the Devil222 87 Bull as Bridegroom229 88 The Two Bulls234 89 Ballinder Bull236 90 Bird Arinto240 91 Tiger Softens his Voice242 92 Hidden Names246 93 Anansi and Mr. Able250 94 The Kings Three Daughters252 95 The Dumb Child253 96 The Dumb Wife256 97 Leap, Timber, Leap258 98 The Boy fools Anansi262 99 The Water Crayfish263 Modern European Stories 100 Ali Baba and Kissem267 101 Bull-of-all-the-Land269 102 The Boiling Pot272 103 The Twelve One-eyed Men275 104 Bird and Hunter278 105 Jack and the Devil Errant280 106 The Magic Hat and the Staff of Life287 107 Uncle Green and Jack290 108 Big Begum and Little Begum293 109 The Fool and the Wise Brother295 110 The Children and the Witch297 111 The Boy and the Mermaid299 112 Difficult Tasks300 113 The Grateful Beasts301 114 Jack and the Bean-stalk303 115 Jack and the Devil305 116 Jacks Riddle307 117 Jack as Fortune-teller308 118 Robin as Fortune-teller309 119 Jack and the Grateful Dead310 120 The Boy and his Master312 121 The Language of Beasts314 122 The Three Pieces of Advice316 123 Three Brothers and the Life-tree318 124 The Skilful Brothers321 125 The Three Sillies322 126 A Misunderstanding324 127 Big-head, Big-belly, and Little-foot325 128 The Goat in the Lions Den326 129 The Donkey, the Cat and the Lions Head328 130 Clever Molly May329 131 Dancing to Anansis Fiddle331 132 Anansi claims the dinner332 133 Anansi seeks his Fortune333 134 The Pannier-jar334 135 Anansi kills his Grandmother335 136 White Belly and Anansi336 137 Monkey hunts Anansi337 138 Anansi and the Pig coming from Market339 Dance and Song 139 The Fifer345 140 In Come Murray347 141 Tacoomah makes a Dance348 142 Anansi makes a Dance350 143 Red Yam355 144 Guzzah Man358 145 Fowl and Pretty Poll 360 146 The Cumbolo361 147 John-crow and Fowl at Court363 148 Wooden Ping-ping and Cock364 149 Animal Talk365 Witticisms367 Riddles377 Abbreviations of Titles417 Index to Informants429 Endnotes435 Post Scriptum[Flaptekst]: Anansi is both a god, spirit and African folktale character. He often takes the shape of a spider and is considered to be the spirit of all knowledge of stories. He is also one of the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore. The Anansi tales originated from the Ashanti people of present-day Ghana. The word Ananse is Akan and means""spider"". They later spread to other Akan groups and then to the West Indies, Suriname, Sierra Leone (where they were introduced by Jamaican Maroons) and the Netherlands Antilles. On Curaçao, Aruba, and Bonaire he is known as Nanzi, and his wife as Shi Maria. The Jamaican versions of these stories are the most well preserved, because Jamaica had the largest concentration of Asante as slaves in the Americas, and their most complete compilation is found in Anansi, Jamaican stories of the Spider God. This book is the revised edition of Jamaica Anansi Stories by the American folklorist Martha Warren Beckwith. While many early folklorists believed that the term""folk"" only referred to the oral culture of""savages"", Beckwith maintained that all cultures had folk traditions that warranted investigation. While other scholars also drew a firm line between""folk"" and other""higher"" forms of artistic expression, Beckwith believed both belonged in the literary tradition. Anansi, Jamaican stories of the Spider God, therefore present these stories in their original Jamaican-English version.
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