Comparing The African Legend Of Ananse And Cities From The Bible

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In the African legend of “Ananse” and stories from the bible in the “Cities from the Bible”, the main hero or character is one who tries to undermine the power of authority. In Ananse, the hero, Ananse the Spider wants to have the stories of the sky-god, Nyankonpon, to give to the people. In the introduction, it says that he is a mediator between the people and the High god making him stuck in between, not fitting in with the people and not being a god. In having, he obtains the power of the story and becomes a hero to the people. The book of Genesis in the Bible tells us the story of the Tower of Babel in which the people unified as one and wanted to build a city with a tower reaching the heavens. The problem with this is that the authority,