Anansi the Spider

The story is from the Ashanti legend of "Anansi the Spider" and was first told long ago in the West African country now called Ghana. It's cental character is Kwaku Anansi, the heroic trickster "spider-man", who is a central figure in many West African stories. In the story, mankind's stories are stolen away by the sky-god. Anansi, the noble and wise spider, captures four fearsome creatures to pay the price that the sky-god asks for his stories. After succeeding in his quest, Anansi brings the stories back to Earth and since then they have been called "Spider Stories". Spider Stories have spread to all corners of the Earth in the same way that spider webs marvellously appear.