Ghana · Folktales and oral traditions
Documented transfer
Related telling or shared motif
Dashed lines show parallels. Direction is shown where a source documents the transfer.
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Ghana
- Tales
- 2
- Dated records
- 1
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 1
Counts reflect the Atlas catalogue. A link may represent a recording, a publication or an association with a local tradition.
In the Ghana tales, Anansi sometimes directs the action and sometimes someone else finds the way forward. In the sky story from Barker and Sinclair’s 1917 collection, Anansi’s son Kweku Tsin plans the prisoners’ escape. Listen for whom the fiddle buys time.
Tales in the Atlas
Anansi, the Moon and the Stars
1917 · W. H. Barker & Cecilia Sinclair · West African Folk-Tales, XVIII
Tales found across countries
| Tales | Countries and regions |
|---|---|
| Anansi and Brother Dead | Jamaica Ghana |