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Trickster Tale

Ananse and the Tar-Stump

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About this folktale

Ananse and the Tar-Stump is published on Mythopia by Konlan Mikpekoah. The narrative connects to themes and tags including Ghanaian Tales, Ananse. Even shorter folktales carry moral and cultural weight: readers often compare how the lesson applies today, and how the same motif appears across regions. If you know another version from your family or community, Mythopia welcomes a respectful retelling so audiences can compare tone, detail, and local wisdom alongside this text.

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Someone was stealing Tiger's peanuts, so Tiger made a trap.

He tarred a stump and put a hat on it.

When Ananse came to steal peanuts, he saw the stump.

"Who are you?"

Ananse shouted. Stump didn't answer.

Ananse grabbed with one hand. Stuck.

Other hand. Stuck. Ananse butted with his head.

Stuck. He kicked the stump. Stuck.

Tiger came and laughed at Ananse.

"Now I'll burn you!" he said, pulling Ananse loose.

"Before burning me," Ananse shouted,

"jump the fire yourself. It's good luck."

Tiger jumped, and Ananse pushed Tiger into the fire.

Tiger died. Ananse got the peanuts.