Jamaica Anansi Stories

By: Martha Warren Beckwith

Published in 1924, Jamaica Anansi Stories includes folklore (including animal stories, modern stories and old stories), transcriptions of folk music, and a large collection of riddles, all cross-referenced with folklore studies from other cultures. The trickster Anansi, originally a West African spider-god, lives on in these tales. Anansi is the spirit of rebellion; he is able to overturn the social order; he can marry the Kings' daughter, create wealth out of thin air; baffle the Devil and cheat Death. Even if Anansi loses in one story, you know that he will overcome in the next.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530927706
• ISBN13: 9781530927708
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"