Exam 2 Anansi a west african trickster figure and culture hero from the Akan peoples mostly from Ghana He is sometimes portrayed as a spider sometimes as a man Variants of his name include nancy anancy ananzi and Kweku Kwaku Anansi Gender sometimes is switched and is recognized as Aunt Nancy Liminal Figure His name is also related to the word stories liminal being in an intermediate state between life and death Anansi of the West African culture anansesem is a Liminal figure from this culture stories in the world belonged to him he brings rain African Mythology Akan Culture in West Africa predominantly in Ghana and Ivory Coast Anansi is a trickster god Kweku Kwaku Anansi the spider from the Ghana myth Yearned to be the owner of all the Onyame Nyame the ruler of the gods the sky god From the Ghana myth All tales and stories Ananse Kokuroko recognized in mythology as The Great Spider A hero in mythology because Trickster a character in mythology who plays tricks Anansi is recognized as a trickster in West shape shifting the ability to change your shape or involuntarily have your shaped changed In one myth Anansi has his head mounted on to his rear end Amoral means absence of moral beliefs Anansi does not think of right or wrong when he sings the song that makes his head fall off he just does it Mmoboro Stands for the hornets in the Akan culture This is one of the three things Anansi has to retrieve to get the rights to all stories in the Ghana myth Onini Stands for the great python in the Akan culture This is one of the three things Anansi has to retrieve to get the rights to all stories in the Ghana myth Osebo Stands for the leopard in the Akan culture This is one of the three things Anansi has to retrieve to get the rights to all stories in the Ghana myth Anansesem The Ghana word for stories Anansi s name is related to this word Okyeami means linguist This is the royal spokesman in Akan culture Baduasemanpensa From the Ghana trickster myth This is the name which was kept a secret of Nyame s daughter Lizard from the Ghana trickster myth The lizard speaks the name of Nyame s daughter and becomes the husband of Buduasemanpensa atumpan drum a drum from the Ghana trickster myth Anansiplays on it the phrase Baduasemanpensa Baduasemanpensa Baduasemanpensa is the name of Nana s daughter Anansi s yams Owoh the snake from the Ghana trickster myth Lends Anansi money and is blamed for eating Iapetos his son was Prometheus child of Gaia and Uranaus Greek Clymene Titan goddess of fame mother of Prometheus and Atlas Atlas God whom holds up the sky in Theogony Prometheus steals fire from Olympus and is punished by Zeus Archetypal trickster and culture hero originator of all inventions and progress in the arts and sciences divides ox into two and presents it to Zeus Trickster God God of Forethought Brother of Epimetheus Opposite Steals fire for man Hesiod Writer Author of Theogony Epimetheus Misguided brother of Prometheus God of Afterthought Zeus Main God Seems to have power over other Gods Worshiped most Hephaistos an Olympian god Archetypal union with Ares the ugly lame excuse was expelled from Mt Olympus by Hera fennel stalk Used by Prometheus to steal fire for Men Athena offers war in the judgment of Paris goddess of wisdom Theogony Greek Epic about Creation Gods Golden Age period of peace refers to the first in a sequence of four or five or more Ages of Man in which the Golden Age is first followed in sequence by the Silver Bronze and Iron Ages Pandora the first woman After humans received the stolen gift of fire from Prometheus Zeus commands Hephaestus to mold from earth the first woman Zeus ordered her creation to punish man All Gift Has Jar Box Contains Toil sickness ills Hermes an Olympian god the son of Zeus guides souls of deceased to the underworld leads them to River of Styx and Chardon Pithos jar or box that is open by Pandora Pyxis Pandora s box day life work family food Works and Day Invocation about Zeus Tells of Golden Age Race explains importance of every Myth of the Races Races Categorized Gold Silver Bronze Heroes Iron 1 Golden no work 2 silver stay children forever 3 bronze strong men 4 heroes 5 iron present time Golden Race Enjoyed the fruits of the earth with no toil Silver Race Less enjoyment more toil than Golden Race 2nd Bronze Race 3rd Race of Heroes 4th Iron Race 5th Aeschylus great Athenian tragedian Made Prometheus Bound Prometheus Bound Succession myth How Zeus portions powers to gods Emphasis on injustice Caucasus Mountains Might Violence Hephaistos where Prometheus was punished Might bodily strength or force Zeus used his might against Prometheus Violence had to do with how Prometheus was punished Narthex Ferula a plant Prometheus used to bring fire secretly from Hephaistos forge to humans Okeanos Titan god river god and of all the water ocean world river encircles the world Moirai goddesses of fate Clotho one of the Three Fates or Moirae in ancient Greek mythology Lachesis was the second of the Three Fates or Moirae Atropos one of the three Moirae goddesses of fate and destiny Io a priestess of Hera in Argos a nymph who was seduced by Zeus Hera offers kingship in judgment of paris was goddess of marriage and wife of Zeus made Menelaus immortal Argos a city in Greece in the Peloponnese Tlingit Klinkit people come from Alaska and Nw Canada collected in 19th c originated c 1300s CE Indigenous people of Pacific Northwest Coast Writers of Raven s Great Adventure Tlingst myths out of here Nass River Tlingit thought people originated here Raven Trickster Figure Shape Shifter Main character in Raven s Great adventure Creator from totem pole Representative of Raven visual representation of a myth Kit ka ositiyi qa What Raven was first called Petrel Raven steals water from him smoke hole raven flies out of smoke hole and takes sun up into the sky Holds spirits Raven flew King Salmon jade adz mocks Solomon Salmon in Raven creation myth 1st Salmon Bear Raven tricks bear to go fishing with him Deer Raven tricks the Deer by building a weak bridge Raven then eats him Mink most popular character in Klamath mythology His younger brother was weasel Klamath tribe of Native Americans from Oregon Coyote Creator in Chelan Culture hero in Sanpoil Klameth culture Thunder holder of fire loses game of dice to coyote and forfeits fire Joseph Campbell American mythologist who is known for comparative mythology and comparative religion Heroes Ancient Greed definition Someone The Gods
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