...Just then, he felt the fifth web string tug. And the sixth. And the seventh. And the eighth. Anansi was pulled this way and that way, as everyone pulled on the web strings at once. His legs were pulled thinner and thinner. Anansi rolled and tugged himself into the river. When all the webs had washed away, Anansi pulled himself painfully up on shore. |
Website Resources
Mr. Donn Africa for Kids: Fables
africa.mrdonn.org/fables.html
African Folktales
https://www.worldoftales.com/African_folktales.html
africa.mrdonn.org/fables.html
African Folktales
https://www.worldoftales.com/African_folktales.html
North African
Berber Mythology
www.temehu.com/imazighen/tamazight-mythology.htm
Morrocco Stories
worldstories.org.uk/countries/morocco/
Click here to go to its own page:
Egyptian Mythology & Folklore
www.temehu.com/imazighen/tamazight-mythology.htm
Morrocco Stories
worldstories.org.uk/countries/morocco/
Click here to go to its own page:
Egyptian Mythology & Folklore
Central African
Bantu mythology Myths and Legends of the Bantu www.sacred-texts.com/afr/mlb/mlb03.htm Bushongo mythology Bumba Creator God Baluba mythology A Myth of Uganda Lugbara mythology www.britannica.com/topic/Lugbara Mbuti mythology Tanzanian Folk Tales https://www.worldoftales.com/Tanzanian_folktales.html |
East African
Dinka mythology www.britannica.com/topic/Dinka Lotuko mythology http://www.southsudanesefolktales.org/ Maasai mythology Maasai Legends www.bluegecko.org/kenya/tribes/maasai/stories.htm Somali mythology Somalia Stories worldstories.org.uk/countries/somalia/ Tanzanian Folk Tales www.worldoftales.com/Tanzanian_folktales.html |
West African
West African mythology www.windows2universe.org West African Folk Tales www.surlalunefairytales.com/books/africa/barker.html Akan mythology worldstories.org.uk/countries/ghana/ Dahomean mythology Kingdom of Benin Efik mythology Urhobo mythology Nigerian Folk Tales Nigeria Stories Igbo mythology Creation story Yoruba mythology /mythology/african_culture.html |
Southern Africa
South African Folktales
South African Folk Tales: Sacred Texts
South African Fairy Tales & Folk Tal s
fairytalez.com/region/south-african/
Lozi mythology
Nyambe God of Creation
Malagasy mythology
Ibona
Madagascar Folk Tale
San mythology
Creation Myth
Tumbuka mythology
www.godchecker.com/pantheon/african-mythology.php?deity=CHIUTA
Zulu mythology
South Africa Stories
worldstories.org.uk/countries/south-africa/
African Diaspora
Candomblé: Afro-Brazilian
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/candomble/history/history.shtml
Hoodoo: New World African
http://www.mamiwata.com/hoodoo/hoodoo.html
Kumina: Jamaican
Jamaicain Anansi Stories
Obeah: West Indies
Caribeean Folk Tale
international-neighbors.org/a-caribbean-folk-tale/
Palo: Afro-Cuban
Martina and the Beautiful Cockroach
Quimbanda: Afro-Brazilian
fairytalez.com/region/brazilian/
Santería: Afro-Caribbean
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/santeria/beliefs/orishas.shtml
Umbanda: Afro-Brazilian
www.worldoftales.com/Fairy_tales_Brazil.html
Vodou: Haitian
www.britannica.com/topic/Vodou
Haitian Folk Tale
www.uexpress.com/tell-me-a-story/2015/6/14/wheeeeeeai-a-haitian-folktale
Martina and the Beautiful Cockroach
Quimbanda: Afro-Brazilian
fairytalez.com/region/brazilian/
Santería: Afro-Caribbean
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/santeria/beliefs/orishas.shtml
Umbanda: Afro-Brazilian
www.worldoftales.com/Fairy_tales_Brazil.html
Vodou: Haitian
www.britannica.com/topic/Vodou
Haitian Folk Tale
www.uexpress.com/tell-me-a-story/2015/6/14/wheeeeeeai-a-haitian-folktale