About this folktale
Ananse's Deadly Cooking Pot in Monkey-Country: A Dark African Folk Story is published on Mythopia by Konlan Mikpekoah. The narrative connects to themes and tags including African Tales, 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.
Ananse went to Monkey-Country,
carrying a big pot.
He filled the pot with water and put it on the fire.
Monkey watched.
"Warm water feels good,"
said Ananse. "When it gets too hot,
say "Bunya!" and I'll pull you out.
Like this!" Ananse got in the pot.
"Feels good."
Then after a while he said,
"Bunya!" and Monkey pulled him out.
"Now you!" said Ananse. Monkey got in.
"Feels good," he said.
Then after a while he said, "Bunya!"
"No bunya yet!" said Ananse. "Bunya!"
yelled Monkey.
"No bunya yet!" said Ananse.
When Monkey was cooked,
Ananse ate him up!
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