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Anansi

Anansi

See also: anansi

English

Proper noun

Anansi

  1. A trickster spider (though sometimes taking human form), one of the primary characters in West African and Caribbean folklore.

Translations


French

Proper noun

Anansi f

  1. Anansi (trickster spider in West African and Caribbean folklore)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Anansi f

  1. Anansi (trickster spider in West African and Caribbean folklore)

anansi

anansi

See also: Anansi

Akan

Noun

anansi

  1. spider

Usage notes

This term is used in both African Akan and Kromanti.[1]

Descendants

References

  1. Anne Storch, Secret Manipulations: Language and Context in Africa (2001, ISBN 0199768978)