West African Folk Tales
William H. Barker
35 chapters · 2 h 36 min · English
Read by Lizzie Driver, roolynninms, Eva-Marie Quinones, Ezwa, Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014), Shurtagal and others
Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
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A collection of folk tales mostly centered around Anansi. In West African lore Anansi is known as a trickster god, and is often depicted as either a spider, a human or a combination of both. Thus many of the stories are attempts by Anansi to trick others for his own gain. Other stories are about why certain animals act in certain ways. (Summary by Lizzie Driver)
Chapters
1 How We Got the Name "Spider Tales" 4 min 2 How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human Race 3 min 3 Anansi and Nothing 4 min 4 Thunder and Anansi 7 min 5 Why the Lizard Moves his Head up and Down 7 min 6 Tit for Tat 5 min 7 Why White Ants Always Harm Man's Property 4 min 8 The Squirrel and the Spider 3 min 9 Why We See Ants Carrying Bundles 5 min 10 Why Spiders are Always Found in Corners 5 min 11 Anansi and the Blind Fisherman 2 min 12 Adzanumee and her Mother 3 min 13 The Grinding-stone that Ground Flour by Itself 5 min 14 Morning Sunrise 2 min 15 Why the Sea-turtle Beats its Breast 2 min 16 How Beasts and Serpents Came into the World 8 min 17 Honourable Minu 3 min 18 Why the Moon and Stars Get Light from the Sun 5 min 19 Ohia and the Thieving Deer 10 min 20 How the Tortoise got its Shell 4 min 21 The Hunter and the Tortoise 3 min 22 Kwofi and the Gods 2 min 23 The Lion and the Wolf 2 min 24 Maku Mawu and Maku Fia 8 min 25 The Robber and the Old Man 2 min 26 The Leopard and the Ram 4 min 27 Why the Leopard only Catches Prey on its Left 2 min 28 Quarcoo Bah-Boni 9 min 29 King Chameleon and the Animals 4 min 30 To Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a Wren 3 min 31 The Ungrateful Man 4 min 32 Why Tigers never Attack Men Unless they are Provoked 3 min 33 The Omanhene Who Liked Riddles 7 min 34 How Mushrooms First Grew 5 min 35 Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies 5 min
