Wanto
In short: A Gbaya tale hero associated with the spider who changes everyday life for people.
Character
How does it work in the tale?
Wanto finds a way to reach the spring water and obtains the first goat herd. Roulon-Doko explains his name as a Gbaya compound meaning master of tales. Wanto is also used as a man’s name outside the stories.
Does Wanto act the same way in both tales?
In the water tale, Wanto watches Gbason from a tree above the spring. In the goat tale, a judge hears the dispute. The same character has different ways of getting past an obstacle. I’m Black Horse. If the village had a third need, whom might Wanto listen to first?