Imagine a spider having to acquire stories from a sky god. It almost seems impossible right? Well this is exactly what happened in the trickster tale “How stories came to Earth” that originated in Africa. In this particular story the main character, A spider named Anansi suddenly became curious about how things came to be. Through his curiosity, he pays a visit to the sky god in hopes of gaining access to his stories. Once Anansi had asked the sky god for the stories, the higher being tells him that he must capture 4 creatures in order for him to give him the stories. Upon hearing this, Anansi goes to his wife Aso, looking for advice on how to capture these creatures. After each animal was caught, Anansi would deliver it to the sky god,but each time, The sky god would tell Anansi the same thing. “What …show more content…
In “master cat” The main character was a cat, who talked, walked on his hind legs, wore boots and had an entire thinking process all on his own. Meanwhile in “how stories came to earth” The main character was a spider who, as well, Talked, had a wife and also had a thinking process. Both each came up with master plans to fit the hopes of success, even know both their needs were both different. Another Similarity was that they each achieved their goals in the end. Master cat had turned his master from a poor miller’s son into a prince just by tricking the king into thinking that His master was wealthy and owned a lot of land, And Anansi had tricked all the animals falling into his traps and in the end, getting the Sky god’s stories. Both the character’s even share personality traits, as they were both extremely clever with their mischievous