Anansi
c. 1600 CE – 2026 CEattested
Ashanti lands, West Africa
- Akan
Spider trickster who won ownership of all stories from the sky god by capturing a python, a hornet and a leopard. Through the slave trade, his tales crossed the Atlantic intact.
Known for
- owns all the stories
- trickster who wins by cunning
- survived the Middle Passage
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.