A collection of folk tales mostly centred around Anansi. In West African lore Anansi is known as a trickster god, and is often depicted as either a spider, a human or a combination of both. Thus many of the stories are attempts by Anansi to trick others for his own gain. Other stories are about why certain animals act in certain ways. (Summary by Lizzie Driver)
How We Got the Name "Spider Tales"How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human RaceAnansi and NothingThunder and AnansiWhy the Lizard Moves his Head up and DownTit for TatWhy White Ants Always Harm Man's PropertyThe Squirrel and the SpiderWhy We See Ants Carrying BundlesWhy Spiders are Always Found in CornersAnansi and the Blind FishermanAdzanumee and her MotherThe Grinding-stone that Ground Flour by ItselfMorning SunriseWhy the Sea-turtle Beats its BreastHow Beasts and Serpents Came into the WorldHonourable MinuWhy the Moon and Stars Get Light from the SunOhia and the Thieving DeerHow the Tortoise got its ShellThe Hunter and the TortoiseKwofi and the GodsThe Lion and the WolfMaku Mawu and Maku FiaThe Robber and the Old ManThe Leopard and the RamWhy the Leopard only Catches Prey on its LeftQuarcoo Bah-BoniKing Chameleon and the AnimalsTo Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a WrenThe Ungrateful ManWhy Tigers never Attack Men Unless they are ProvokedThe Omanhene Who Liked RiddlesHow Mushrooms First GrewFarmer Mybrow and the Fairies
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