Anansi (Legendary character)

LC control no.	no2020051105
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Anansi (Legendary character) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Anance (Legendary character) Anancy, Brother (Legendary character) Anancy (Legendary character) Anancy Spiderman (Legendary character) Anancy, the Spider-man (Legendary character) Anancy, the Spiderman (Legendary character) Ananse (Legendary character) Anansi, Brer (Legendary character) Anansi, Brother (Legendary character) Annancy (Legendary character) Aunt Nancy (Legendary character) Ba Anansi (Legendary character) Bra ʻNansi (Legendary character) Brer Anansi (Legendary character) Brer Nansi (Legendary character) Brother Anancy (Legendary character) Brother Anansi (Legendary character) Gizo (Legendary character) Hanaasi (Legendary character) Hapanzi (Legendary character) Kompa Nanzi (Legendary character) Kwaku Ananse (Legendary character) Miss Nancy (Legendary character) Nancy, Aunt (Legendary character) Nancy (Legendary character) Nancy, Miss (Legendary character) Nancy, Sis' (Legendary character) Nanse (Legendary character) Nansi, Brer (Legendary character) Nansi (Legendary character) Nanzi (Legendary character) Sis' Nancy (Legendary character) Spiderman, Anancy (Legendary character)
Other standard no.	cnp00553639 50147965877384082607 Q485953
Associated place	Africa, West Caribbean Area
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Found in	Aardema, Verna. Anansi does the impossible!, ©1997. Makhanlall, David P. Brer Anansi strikes again!, 1976. French, Fiona. Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone, 1991. Jekyll, Walter. Jamaican song and story : Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes, 1966. Rabbit play trik pahn Hanaasi, ©1997: page 2 of cover (Hanaasi, or Anancy stories) De Sauza, James. Brother Anansi and the cattle ranch, ©1989. Salkey, Andrew. Brother Anancy and other stories, 1993. Berry, James. First palm trees : an Anancy Spiderman story, 1997. Berry, James, Anancy-Spiderman, 1988. Wikipedia, April 15, 2020 (Anansi is an Akan folktale character. He often takes the shape of a spider and is considered to be the god of all knowledge of stories. Taking the role of trickster, he is also one of the most important characters of West African, African American and Caribbean folklore; Anansi is depicted in many different ways and with different names, from "Ananse", "Kwaku Ananse", and "Anancy," to his New World iterations, such as "Ba Anansi", "Kompa Nanzi" and/or "Nanzi", "Nancy", "Aunt Nancy", and "Sis' Nancy". While often-depicted as an animal, Anansi has many representations, not only acting as a man but appearing as one. In others, Anansi is an anthropomorphized spider with a human face, or conversely, a human with spider-like features, such as eight legs) Dictionary.com, April 15, 2020 (Anancy; Anansi: a character in Caribbean folklore, a cunning trickster generally depicted as a spider with a human head; the subject of many Anancy stories, the character has its origins among the Ashanti of W Africa) CERL thesaurus, viewed online April 15, 2020 (Anansi; variant name: Ananse) <https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00553639> Britannica online, April 15, 2020 (Ananse, folklore character; Ananse, also known as Anansi, Aunt Nancy, Anancy, Hapanzi, Nanzi, name given to an Akan character who has become famous throughout Africa, the countries in the Caribbean region, and beyond because of his insight, intelligence, and wisdom. He is one of the most-important figures in the pantheon of cultural icons among West Africans Davidson, Marcia. Anancy introduction, via Jamaicans.com website, April 15, 2020 (The Ashanti handed down to us brilliant folktales about the trickster Anancy, the spider-man; Anancy the Spiderman; name spelled in a variety of ways: Anancy, Anance, Anansi (ʻNansi) or even Brer Nansi; Bra ʻNansi) <https://jamaicans.com/anancy_intro/> LCSH, April 15, 2020 (Anansi (Legendary character). UF Anancy (Legendary character); Ananse (Legendary character); Annancy (Legendary character); Aunt Nancy (Legendary character); Brer Anansi (Legendary character); Gizo (Legendary character); Hanaasi (Legendary character); Miss Nancy (Legendary character); Nanse (Legendary character); Nansi (Legendary character) Nanzi (Legendary character). BT Legends--Africa, West ; Legends--Caribbean Area)
Invalid LCCN	sh 85004799