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Trickster Tale

Ananse in the Gourd

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About this folktale

Ananse in the Gourd is published on Mythopia by Konlan Mikpekoah. The narrative connects to themes and tags including Ghanaian Tales, Ananse, African Stories. 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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Tiger was chasing Ananse. Ananse needed to hide,

so he hid inside Tiger's water-gourd.

Tiger didn't see where Ananse had gone.

He was angry that Ananse had escaped!

Then Tiger picked up his water-gourd and went to fetch water.

Ananse had to get out, or else he would drown.

"Tiger's mother is dead-dead-DEAD!" said

Ananse from inside the gourd, and his voice echoed.

Tiger listened and then kept walking.

"Tiger's mother is dead-DEAD-DEAD!" Tiger listened again.

"Tiger's mother is DEAD-DEAD-DEAD!"

Tiger dropped the gourd and went running to his mother's house.

Tiger's mother wasn't dead. That's how Ananse got away!