How Stories Came To Earth

The theme the two stories share is about growing up. In the story "Brothers are the Same" Temas had to attempt to slay a lion to prove to the Masai

“How Stories Came to Earth” concludes with a social change that benefits society as a whole rather than just the protagonists. As discussed earlier, Anansi and Aso work together to get stories away from the angry sky-god and to the inhabitants of Earth. Rather than keeping them to themselves, they spread this entertainment around the world for all to enjoy. The narrator even implies that spiderwebs are “Anansi and Aso [telling] their stories” (42). This means that not only did Anansi and Aso share stories with the world, but they continue to do so through spiderwebs. Anansi and Aso through their cunning and trickery capture the monsters on their own, yet they still share their stories with everyone who will hear them. Even today, “Everywhere

The similarity and connection existing between the two stories is the point of view in the two essays. The stories are both written in the first person perspective and that

Trickster tales enact in a tremendous amount of the history in most cultures, Africa being the most relevant. Therefore the trickster tales passed down in varied cultures throughout generations have much value. Some of the supplementary famous tales being How Stories came to Earth, Coyote Steals Fire, and Master Cat. Throughout this time analyzing these stories, it has helped define a better judgement of what a trickster in a trickster tale actually represents. Nevertheless, in the three tales all of the protagonists are non-human, but present themselves as being capable of human abilities and characteristics. By way of example a trait represented in copious amounts of trickster tales is that of Gods, Spirits, and the Supernatural. An

Between these two texts, one similarity is due to them both incorporating Mythological Creation. For instance, “Wherever the wings of the Buzzard struck downwards there was a valley; whenever the wings arose again, there was a mountain.” This presents that a Birds wing flapping was the reason behind Mountains and Valleys being created. Then “You got to have some type of protection… here take this Poison and put it in yo mouf… “ Showing that the reason to the Snake receiving its Poison was because in the story God

In the trickster tale “Coyote Steals Fire” and “MasterCat” the similarities they shared were they all had to accomplish their goals. In “Coyote Steals Fire” his goal was to beat Thunder god in a gambling game for fire. In “Master Cat” the cat wanted to steal the king’s wealth from him to help Miller’s son to be wealthy or look wealthy. “Coyote Steals Fire” was a coyote that wanted fire. “Master Cat” was a cat who wanted to be like no other cat he wanted wealth. “Coyote Steals Fire” uses anthropomorphism case he talks, walks, dresses himself, and gambles. “Master Cat” he walks on hind legs, talks, and he’s cunning. “Coyote Steals

A Sound of Thunder and Being Prey share similarities among the text. They also share differences. The similarities between the stories are found among the conflict, setting and main characters of the stories. In each story, the main characters were around dangerous animals. Have you ever been attacked by a swarm of crocodiles?

There are a variety of similarities between the two trickster tales “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Master Cat or Puss in Boots”. The first similarity between these two stories are that both of them use a form of anthropomorphism by making the animals talk in both of the stories. Also by giving both Anansi and Master Cat human traits that they could never obtain. The next similar thing is that both characters had a goal they wanted to achieve in the story. Anansi wanted to gain the ability to have the Sky-God’s stories so he

In both, it’s told how the two animals, Mouse (or Rat) and Cat started off as best friends. They also included crossing an extraordinary wide river. Another comparison I noticed is that the Cat had gotten furious in each story, as well as Rat/Mouse being very selfish. The legends

Within the two trickster tales of “Master Cat” and “How Stories Came to Earth” there are multiple similarities. One of the Similarities in these trickster tales are that they both have anthropomorphism which, is when animals or gods are given human characteristics. An example of this in “Master Cat” is that the cat is able to walk and also talk. In “How Stories Came to Earth” is when the spider built traps to catch different creatures.

First, I will be stating the similarities. These stories are similar because they are both legends. A legend is a traditional story people share to explain why something happened. The two animals started off as friends and end up being enemies. In both stories the cat falls asleep.

“...But he cheated, and for that I shall take his life...” Thunder exclaims this about Coyote in the tale “Coyote Steals Fire”. He says this after Coyote had tricked him out of the great prize of fire. Trickster tales are stories about a certain animal or person that uses trickery against others to get his way. There are many differences in the stories such as the trickster tales “Coyote Steals Fire” and “How Stories Came to Earth”

“How Stories Came to Earth” and “Master Cat” both have several similarities. The first similarity is that they both went against power. Master Cat went against the king, and Anansi went against the sky-god. Both protagonists were animals, Anansi was a spider and Master cat was a cat.

Similarities are endless when it comes to “How Stories Came To Earth” and “Master Cat”. One of the first similarities between the two is both tricksters were animals. Anansi was a spider and Master cat was a cat. Both of these stories use anthropomorphism. Anansi and Master cat had both talked and wore clothes. Both of these stories had goals and had achieved them. Anansi had gotten his stories and master cat had gotten his way by

Imagine a world without stories, nothing to read, nothing to learn, and right now you know nothing. In the story “How Stories Came to Earth” that was exactly their problem. A long time ago there were no stories on earth for anyone to tell before the First Spider, Kwaku Anansi came along and spread them through his webs. Both “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Master Cat” are trickster tales, In mythology, and in the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a character in a story, which exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge, and uses it to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and conventional behaviour. Between “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Master Cat” there are more differences than similarities.