Anansi

The West African figure Anansi, as seen in Anansi Owns All Tales That Are Told, The Ants Burden, and Why Anansi’s Head is Small and His Behind is Big and the modern Western figure Barty Crouch Jr. found in the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire both feature trickster qualities. In both of these works, these characters and their actions as tricksters are comparable. The transformations Anansi and Barty Crouch Jr. make are testimonies to their portrayal as tricksters. In Harry Potter and the

these stories show to be similar in a few ways. First, they are similar because in both “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Coyote Steals Fire”, they have gods that the trickster have to get their item off of. In “How Stories Came to Earth,” the spider, Anansi, has to do task for Nyame, the sky god, to get the stories to Earth, and In “Coyote Steals

both protagonists are both animals. Master Cat was of course a cat and Anansi was a spider who looked like a man. Last reason is that both had goals they wanted and ended up getting those goals. Master Cat wanted wealth for him and his master and

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

the Gods in their stories. This is possible because they share something and tell you how the world works. I will be talking about the resemblance between each of these myths. One such similarity is how they both have the sky God in “Gilgamesh”, “Anansi and the sky God stories”, and “Quetzalcoatl wins music for Earth”. The ancient myth “Gilgamesh” is one of mankind’s most ancient literary works and it has the God of the sky in it. The name of the God of the sky in the story “Gilgamesh” is Adad, also

In A Story, A Story, Anansi the spider uses deception to complete his given tasks in order to obtain stories that he intends to share with everybody. “Because he cannot easily make himself completely straight a true impression of his actual length is difficult to obtain, so Python agreed to be tied to the branch. When he was completely tied, Anansi took him to the sky god.” Anansi the spider pretended to wonder if Python was really longer than the

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

The first similarity is that both Anansi from “How Stories Came to Earth” and Master Cat from “Master Cat” are very cunning animals, and have many tricks up their sleeve. The next similarity is that they both always had a plan. For example, Anansi used his cunning ways to trick creatures so he could capture them, and Master Cat used his cunning ways to help his master gain a new life style. Another similarity is that both stories used anthropomorphism by giving Anansi and Master Cat human like characteristics

Think of a world without entertainment that is cold, dark, and having no way to cook. Kaleki, Richard Erdoes, Alfonso Ortiz, and Charles Perrault retell three stories that talk about the animals that help to prevent this kind of world. Kaleki retold “How Stories Came to Earth”, Erdoes and Ortiz worked together on “Coyote Steals Fire”, and “Master Cat: Puss in Boots” was written by Perrault. Despite the fact that “How Stories Came to Earth”, Coyote Steals Fire”, and “Master Cat: Puss in Boots” all

perpetrators, they can also be the victim. Hero or villain, Sparrow was always one or the other. Individuals loathed Sparrow, yet some individuals felt sympathy for him. One character from The Story of the Dress, is similar to Sparrow. The spiderman, Anansi, sought out revenge just like Sparrow. Of course, when revenge took place, everything he owned vanished. Karma is something that hangs above individuals and plays a big role with tricksters; they throw the boomerang of tricks and it comes right