S7E9 - Anansi-ing Through Life: How Stories Came to Humans

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

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Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

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🗓️ 25 November 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Oh Muses! Bless our pronunciation skills and help us tell the story of how Anansi brought stories to humanity. In this episode, we encounter a set number of tasks that somehow grows, gourds, plantains instead of yams, unreliable narrators, trickery, a fearsome hunter, and a sticky doll. Everyone knows that Mmoatia's favorite food is really yams! We changed it so no one will try and trap forest spirits! Stay in school, kids, and leave the forest spirits alone. -- This episode was brought to you by Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting by Roseanne A. Brown, available here: https://bit.ly/goserwa or wherever books are sold. -- National Geographic Kids Greeking Out is a kid-friendly retelling of some of the best stories from Greek mythology. This podcast is an extension of the Zeus the Mighty series by Nat Geo Kids. Check Out bit.ly/ZeusOut to meet Zeus the Hamster and his friends—Athena the cat, Ares the pug, Demeter the grasshopper, and many more—who also listen to the Greeking Out podcast. Watch a video, read an excerpt, or check out the truth behind the stories!

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0:00.0	The stories featured in Greek out are usually original adaptations of classic Greek myths.
0:05.0	This week's story features a set number of tasks that somehow grows.
0:09.0	Gordes, unreliable narrators, trickery, a fearsome hunter, and a sticky doll.
0:14.5	Breaking out the greatest stories in history were told in Greek mythology.
0:30.5	Say, Oracle, have you ever wondered where stories come from?
0:34.5	Some of the earliest evidence of stories comes from the cave drawings in Lescaux and Chavo, France.
0:42.5	The drawings, which date as far back as 30,000 years ago, depict animals, humans, and other objects.
0:52.5	Okay, yes, but I'm asking if you know the story of how people got stories.
0:57.5	Your question does not make sense.
1:00.5	Oh, but it does, because today we are going to talk about the story of Anancy.
1:06.5	Cawaco, Anancy is a spider, trickster, in the folklore of the Acon people of West Africa.
1:14.5	Cawaco is the name for a male born on a Wednesday, and Anancy is the Acon word for spider.
1:23.5	So you do know about Anancy?
1:25.5	Of course, but I will let you tell the story.
1:29.5	Okay, well, thanks for that.
1:31.5	I'll start by saying that it's not just the Acon people of West Africa who find Anancy fascinating.
1:37.5	People all over the world who have roots in Africa also tell the stories of Anancy.
1:42.5	And the stories there are so many to choose from.
1:46.5	I could talk about how the spider got such long legs, how wisdom was given to humanity by Anancy.
1:52.5	I could talk, you know what? Actually, no, no, I'm getting ahead of myself.
1:55.5	I'm going to stick to the topic.
1:56.5	This is the story of how Anancy became known as the storyteller trickster.
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