![]() ![]() Seeing this, Nyame takes the globe of light up into the sky and leaves it there for all to see – and “It is still there. But how to decide which son should receive the prize? Giving the bright globe to Nyame, The God of All Things, for safekeeping, Anansi and his sons argue into the night over who should receive the prize. Happily returned home that night, Anansi finds a mysterious and beautiful globe of light in the forest, and decides that he will give it as reward to the son who rescued him. “All were good sons of Anansi.” When their trouble-prone father is swallowed by Fish and taken up into the sky by Falcon, Anansi’s six sons all have a hand (or leg) in saving him. “Time was, Anansi had six sons…” named See Trouble, Road Builder, River Drinker, Game Skinner, Stone Thrower, and Cushion. McDermott adapted this story of Anansi’s role in how the moon came to be in the sky from a tale told by the Ashanti people of Ghana. ![]() ![]() The beloved hero of West African and Caribbean folklore, Anansi the spider is a trickster, a rogue, and a mischief-maker. ![]()
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