Anansi or Ananse (/əˈnɑːnsi/ ə-NAHN-see; literally translates to spider) is an Akan folktale character associated with stories, wisdom, knowledge, and...

Anansi Boys is a fantasy novel by English writer Neil Gaiman. In the novel, "Mr. Nancy"—an incarnation of the West African trickster god Anansi—dies,...

Anansi Boys is an upcoming British fantasy miniseries created by Neil Gaiman. It is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Gaiman. It which follows...

Anansi the Spider may refer to: Anansi, a trickster in the folk tales of the Ashanti people of Ghana Anansi (Static Shock), a hero in the cartoon series...

trickster Anansi, gathered from Jamaicans of African descent. Jamaica Anansi Stories (entire text) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jamaica Anansi Stories...

House of Anansi Press is a Canadian publishing company, founded in 1967 by writers Dennis Lee and Dave Godfrey. The company specializes in finding and...

Anansi is a genus of African pirate spiders first described by L. R. Benavides, G. Giribet & Gustavo Hormiga in 2017. It is named after Anansi, a trickster...

Static Shock is an American superhero animated television series based on the Milestone Media/DC Comics superhero Static. It premiered on September 23...

the 7 Up spokesman from 1999 to 2002, and for his role as the African god Anansi on Starz's American Gods. Jones was born in Mobile, Alabama, in 1968.[citation...

tale, Anansi captured him alongside Onini the python and the Mmoboro hornets, to give to the sky god Nyame in exchange for his stories. Anansi captures...

Good Omens (1990), Stardust (1999), American Gods (2001), Coraline (2002), Anansi Boys (2005), The Graveyard Book (2008) and The Ocean at the End of the Lane...

The Descent of Anansi is a 1982 science fiction novel by American writers Steven Barnes and Larry Niven. A space station manufactory attempts to become...

was Anansi the Spider: a tale from the Ashanti, published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston in 1972. It retells an Ashanti folktale explaining how Anansi was...

He additionally voiced the villain Stalker on Batman Beyond, and hero Anansi in two episodes of Static Shock. In 2000, Lumbly portrayed activist and...

Nancy (a corruption of Anansi, also spelt 'Anansee', among other spellings) Arabian mythology: Juha, Sinbad Ashanti folklore: Anansi Australian Aboriginal...

Machine. Gaiman's next novel, Anansi Boys (2005), was conceived before American Gods and shares a character, Mr. Nancy (Anansi, the spider god of African...

their quest to tell a good fable. The Anansi oral story originates from the tribes of Ghana. "All Stories Are Anansi's" was translated by Harold Courlander...

recorded in Jamaica, Anansi himself was once similarly trapped with a tar-baby made by the eldest son of Mrs. Anansi, after Anansi pretended to be dead...

usually the spider Anansi, though the plots in his tales are often identical with those of stories of Br'er Rabbit. However, Anansi does encounter a tricky...

poetry collections. His last work was Selected Poems 1983-2020 (House of Anansi Press) and an album, The Devil's Share. Heighton was born in Toronto, Ontario...

generally does not interact with humans and many gods who assist humans. Anansi the spider is a folk hero who is prominent in Ashanti folktales where he...

on Prime Video (2025) 1 Happy Family USA (2025) A Higher Calling (TBA) Anansi Boys (TBA) The Better Sister (TBA) Blade Runner 2099 (TBA) The Bondsman...

Mimetidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog as of January 2021[update]: Anansi Benavides & Hormiga, 2017 A. insidiator (Thorell, 1899) — Cameroon, Central...

is the author of four books, including the work of fiction Chez L'arabe (Anansi). Silcoff was a longstanding columnist with the National Post and is a contributor...

Garden: Essays on the Canadian Imagination. Toronto, Ontario: House of Anansi Press. pp. 147–148. ISBN 0-88784-572-X. Frye, Northrop (1971). "Letters...

needed] Anansi was a member of the Vodu, deities worshipped by the tribes of Africa. According to Ezekiel Sims and the Ashanti tribe in Ghana, Anansi was...

Line: Scoop on NCIS: Origins, Chicago P.D., Daryl Dixon, Ghosts, Found, Anansi Boys, Criminal Minds, Chicken Sisters and More!". TVLine. Retrieved October...

Anansi - A West African god, also known as Ananse, Kwaku Ananse, and Anancy. In the Americas he is known as Nancy, Aunt Nancy and Sis' Nancy. Anansi is...

Coming Through Slaughter (also see "Other" section, 1980, below), Toronto: Anansi, ISBN 0-393-08765-4; New York: W. W. Norton, 1977 1987: In the Skin of a...

get the best of Uncle Bouki. These characters are said to be a split of Anansi, the trickster character of the Ashanti of Ghana. Bouki and Malice have...