Anansi the Spider-Man - Anansi Stories - African - Extra Mythology - Part 1
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- Sit down and let us weave you a tale of the Amazing Anansi. We tell the story of how Anansi purchased all of the stories of the world by catching three of the most dangerous creatures in the world; how his son convinced Anansi to share his wisdom with the world; and how his friendship with Nothing ends very poorly.
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There are tons of Anansi stories so of course, we picked the one with the terrible punchline. Lessons to keep from mythology: don't anger trickster figures, they will escalate and they will escalate quickly.
Extra Credits Of course you had to!
moral
Is Anansi secretly Jeff Goldblum?
OOOOO, African Spider-Man! I LOVE this story! D.C. Comics even did a few eps of that old cartoon 'Static Shock' featuring him; ya-know, D.C.'s answer to your friendly, neighborhood web head!
there a stories about anansi? maybe i watched to much miraculous ladybug.（ ಠωಠ）
So, this is why Queen's song says "Nothing really matters, anyone can see, Nothing really matters to me..."
German Jimenez I’m laughing with tears in my eyes because of this joke.
Wow essa foi de gênio
lol, it looks like you've plugged into the matrix and know the true meaning of life. nothing really matters :)
Bohemian Rhapsody
@@SuperGamersgames Someone would ask me why I am crying, then. hahaha
Real spiders: capture hornets regularly with their webs to eat them.
Mythical spiders: Can capture a tiger and a python more easily than hornets.
Truly, real spiders are the real heroes
Catching a single hornet or two for food is different than capturing a whole nest at once.
@@kayohwai Yes of course, it's a joke XD
@@krankarvolund7771 Even if it's a joke it's not done.
Be afraid. Be very afraid...
The last part was the oldest dad joke in mithology
Mythology
I wonder if the stories had dad jokes
i have this wondedful picture in my mind of a parent telling their child this story while their kid is crying and the kid just bursting out with laughter at the punchline
Nyame, the God from whom Ananse wants the stories, is actually Ananse's father
It feels almost as if at some point in history, a parent saw their child crying, and when they asked why, the child said "nothing". The parent then made up an endearing story about Anansi and 'nothing' to help the child feel better.
Whaaat😱 and I thought history people were heartless animals!
"-So you see, kiddo, that innocent, generous man was cut into pieces by glass shards ! Doesn't that makes you feel better ?
-You're weird, dad."
@@TheFiresloth Maybe that's the point: weirding out your child so much they never dare to cry over nothing again
Tbh. Thats basically how a lot of the anansi stories i was told as a kid came about. My great grandpa would make up stories for his kids amidst others that were told to him
How would this make anyone feel better?
I appreciate that you didn't try for a generic African accent and instead made Anansi sound like Jeff Goldblum
Me too since a generic "African" accent from a white American guy would have come off as racist. For a reason.
Oxtocoatl because most Americans cannot tell any of the African accents apart, generalizing the whole continent. I have a friend from Ghana and another from Uganda and while they do not sound the same, I don’t know what parts are accent and what parts are their personal speaking style.
Jeff Goldblum is awesome tho
We also tell these stories in the Caribbean too so idk
@@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17 many things including these stories were brought to the Caribbean by the enslaved people of the African diaspora
Nyame: "Bring me a Tiger."
Anansi: "I'm sorry, a what?"
@dragon heaven Yes A leopard
This is interesting, I grew up with Anansi stories in the Caribbean, and they definitely featured a tiger as a prime recurring character, not a leopard. Same seems to go on wikipedia, having seperate leopard and tiger characters. It's apparently an unexplained thing in African folklore, with Nelson Mandela once pointing out the Xhosa language has a separate word for "Tiger" despite no Tigers being known to appear in Africa.
@@secame8867 Maybe one of those African kingdoms nobody hears about in history class was wealthy enough to mount an expedition to India?
@@davidkueny2444 Actually the Songhai and Mali empires had trade with places as far away as Iran and the Kalahari coast and the kingdom of Mapungubwe used to capture seasonal monsoons as a way of propelling their ships to the indian subconinent also there was this thing called the Zanj so....
You forgot the one where Anansi captured the fairy by making her enraged at a doll covered in tree sap who was holding yams in a bowl
Oooh where can I read that one
At overly sarcastic productions' channel.
@@dissonanceparadiddle it's a common part of the myth so I've read it in a few books but I'm not sure about Internet sources! I believe her name was Mmoatia.
@@mrrd4444 there's also that time he killed a dwaf and tried to frame his son
I've heard there's some disagreement among folklorists over whether that part is a genuine part of the original Anansi tales, or added to more recent retellings by borrowing from the story of Br'er Rabbit and the Tar Baby.
_"I don't want your opinions, I want pictures of Spider-Man!!!"_
*~ J. Jonah Jameson*
Sky god:killl queen elizibath
Anasi:thats an impossiblity
so that's why he thinks Spidey is a menace
@@MichaelAnderson-ug4ko true
@@MichaelAnderson-ug4ko this aged well
@@MichaelAnderson-ug4ko this did not age well
Sounds like we were treated to Jeff “Anansi the Spider” Goldblume.
There was a spider in the teleportation device.
TheFiresloth
You mean a fly?
@@bobalinx8762The TheFiresloth meant in the case of this video. Not in the case of the movie The Fly.
My thoughts exactly..still waiting for the T-Rex to show up :D
Quick question: How does Anansi remind you of Jeff Goldblum? This is nont offensive just asking why. He doesnt really sound like Jeff Goldblum. ( I think he is Sulley, right?)
That moment when Spider-Man sees Spider-Man... *Spider-Man pointing intensifies*
He actually is a interdimensional spider spirit in Marvel comics who teamed up with spider man
This comment just reminded me of the post-credits scene from Into the Spiderverse. (Involves Spider-Man 2099 and the Spider-Man from the 1960's cartoon.)
Iktomi and anansi the spider trickery
As a Ghanaian-American who grew up with stories like this and more, I just wanna say thank you for sharing these stories to a wider audience!
I’m just discovering anansi, while I truly have thi BIGGEST irrational level of fear and hatred in general for anything kinda spider like, I really can’t get enough of anansi stories, they’re really scares for me to find though. So you know of any Creator who make credible African folklore stories????
I love how this is so well crafted to depict that children will treat what bothers them like its trivial because they look up to adults and their struggles yet stressing the fact that what initially seems trivial is quite important and that parents should endeavour to seek what truly bothers their children. Masterpiece.
One of the more under appreciated mythologies today? This is the reason I love this channel.
Dude this just got posted 4 mins ago....
Not to mention the palm trunk envy
Two books by one of the most renowned authors from the current generation.
_OP: I'll post this is an obscure character, easiest likes ever._
But wait. If the steps were so slippery, wouldn’t they be so slippery that
NOTHING COULD STAND ON THEM?
Eh? Ehhhh?
Dad joke
Got em
that was ... not enjoyable
Please leave.
Never though Anansi would be a murderer motivated by jealousy.
That REALLY escalated quickly!
@@mrspikydoo yo did you watch the video.
@@shinjukim8576 did you?
In which Anansi is voiced by Jeff Goldblum.
That's exactly what I thought
But in this case, Anansi is voiced by Matt.
This makes me so happy
(My father’s from Ghana, from the Ewe people.)
Michuu :D
Hello, me too! I'm full Ewe tho. Born and bred 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭
VanillaKitty nice to see other Ewe. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen other Ewe people(I live in America) :D
@@thedorku9500 Now you've met me! Hello friend!!
VanillaKitty Hi!
I am Ghanaian and appreciate the fact that you covered these stories. Anansesem (Ananse-stories) was part of my childhood growing up and the idea was to entertain as well as teach children good morals through stories.
“Anansi, he is ‘spider’ to the Ashanti people. In Ashanti land, people love the stories of Kwaku Anansi...”
Yeah, he's a really interesting figure.
It's kweku
Oh god his user pic looks tanky
On the leopard vs tiger:
Yes, these stories are Akan (Ghanian) mythology, which means that no, there should not be a tiger in them. However, as a result of slaves being brought to the caribbean, it’s probable that the version of the story the EC team used was based off a Caribbean retelling of this Ghanian story. If so, it’s possible that this leopard became a tiger when the story was retold for new audiences.
wow that setup for a Pun! well played ancient myths, well played
My Mom:Why are you crying?
My Brother:It's nothing...
My Mom:C'mon stop crying that makes no sense.
Me: *How can you be happy after what happened to Nothing.*
My Mom:Excuse me what?
loved reading Neil Gaiman's Book "Anansi Boys" and was excited to watch this.
I love how a lot of mythological tales tend to boil down to the same things... its almost like its stories the elders tell around a campfire to entertain children.
Orlando Jones' Mr. Nancy: "One upon a time..."
I ate tiger's great big...well, youtube wouldn't appreciate it
Pheonixtail Dragonlore A man got fucked
0:15 so they had a Disney back then too huh
The last one was great! I love the corniness. Also, check out the book Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. Trickster gods have a lot of fun, but they tend to leave a mess wherever they go.
I hope to hear more Anansi stories in the future. He's my favourite trickster. The version of him winning stories I know involves the added task of capturing an invisible fairy. There's also the time someone faked his own death to get back at Anansi.
The end is amazing: "It's nothing".
That ending was cheesy af lmao
I thought it was brilliant. Classic folktale.
Well, what happens when you call in a bunch of rats to murder...Nothing.
OH YEAH ITS ALL COMING TOGETHER
Think I remember Anansi being covered on an episode of an old show called Wishbone.
Don't remember anything about Nothing being covered in there, just a general gloss over of the collection of stories and releasing them.
That's pretty much all I remember from that.
"its nothing" I had no idea that response was so old. Very clever though.
I remember being told tons of Anansi stories in elementary school
and every one of them was just as weird as this one
This helped me in the hospital. Thank you for the wonderful stories they comfort me in my sleep.
I remember this myth being mention in a spider-man comic in the early 2000's. I'm glad to finally hear the whole and proper story
I'm glad there's an extended version of this. I can now tell these stories to my kids. Especially that last part.
awwwwwww that ending was so adorable, but still powerful and emotional. i loved this!! you have such an amazing channel, i love it!!
I am laughing so hard watching this video, because Anansi is a mythological character that I literally GREW UP with! Along with the "Just-So Stories", stories like "How The Camel Got His Hump," "How The Rhino Got His Skin," "The Elephant's Child," and "How The Leopard Got His Spots," Anansi was among my first introductions to African Mythology. However, the version I heard of how Anansi got the stories from the Sky God was completely different to what you're telling. From the version I heard, the only creature you got right was Mmoboro, The Hornets Who Sting Like Fire. Instead of the Tiger and the Python, the version I heard had Anansi going after Osebo, The Leopard With The Terrible Teeth, and Mmoatia, The Fairy Who No Men Ever See. And the part with Mmoatia I think served as inspiration for the story of Brere Rabbit And The Tar Baby!
The Tree Climbing Anansi Myth I saw a version of on Wishbone as a kid. Oh, the memories.
Holy shit I was about to complain that they'd covered this one before then I realized OSP covered it ages ago.
Oh shit, it _was_ OSP. I just assumed they were going in more detail or something.
Yeah but OSP only does the first part where he tries to get all the stories.
What is OSP
@@zekedia2223 Overly Sarcastic Productions, they do similar videos to EC. Only two people though, they specialize in History, Writing, and Philosophy, you should check them out if you haven't already.
Thanks!
As an Overly Sarcastic Productions fan, while I knew some of this, it was fun to hear from both of your storytelling perspectives! Great myths as always, and I can't wait to see more...also nothing is the best name of anyone ever, and I'm going to have to make reference to him forever now...
Ahh, Anansi! One of my favorite mythological tricksters. Glad to see him get some love here!
these narrations of the Anansi stories are amazing, I used to read them as a child and your animations are stellar, 10/10
Finally, a tale from my homeland Ghana.
Really looking forward to more
Thanks extra mythology
Anansi stories have always been really cool and interesting to study. Glad to see this series take 'em up to tell.
I grew up on these African stories they were a way to explain the little things in life to kids. we didn't believe in them they were never worshipped they were just fables and they always ended with and that is why...(the wind blows, or cats and mice fight or Zebras have their stripes etc) They were like campfire stories told at the fire side mostly by an elderly person.Each family had it's own unique stories passed on from generation to generation, although there were general ones like this one some we even learned in school.
This was highly entertaining!! Please make more mythology videos, and if you are willing...more of Anansi!
Anyone else get introduced to this legend character without knowing it was a legend through those two episodes of Static Shock?
there are so many screenies I got from this. Thank you EC illustrator, you are a blessing
I love the artwork in this episode. I rewatch occasionally and I always see new little details or funny tidbits like the tiger going “yuckie!” Haha
4:36 "Anansi had a son who was quite clever like his old spider-man."
Fat Charlie?
🇬🇭 You forgot to specify where this story is from. Its from west africa, or specificaly ghana 🇬🇭
Ikr. Hello friend
Yeah my mom told me about Anansi when I was younger
Huh. My country (Jamaica) has many a folklore story about Anansi. He doesn't always win, but he's a pretty crafty fella indeed.
He is a tricks people
Jeff Goldblum Anansi, I love it.
OMG IM JAMAICA BUT IVE HEARD LIKE 2 OF THESE FROM MY PARENTS!
Thank yoooou soooo much ExtraCredits for doing this
MMMMMMMMMMMMMM I LOVE THIS SERIES! I live in Ghana, Africa and know these stories by heart. Love your channel! ♡~♡
I would love more Anansi stories! I remember reading them in my history books
I always love it when myths come up with a fantastical reason for an everyday occurrence.
Anyone else notice the slight Jeff Goldblum cadence in Anasi's voice?
"Angry is good, angry gets shit done" - Mr (A)Nancy
That line works for tiger more than Anansi.
This is now one of my favorite stories, thanks!
That ending
was SOOOOO GOOD!!!
Great job
Son:[Looks at me after I laugh at the end of the video] I want to know what's so funny!
Me: It's Nothing!
Did this “Spider-Man” know an “Iron-Man?”
Bismarck wasnt born yet i think
You were actually pretty close he is the “Iron-Chancellor.”
Aww shet your right. I always mix Iron man and otto von Bismarck up.
Used to but they had different gods who didn't let them play together anymore.
Matthew Hildebrand I guess in this metaphor "Spider-man" is Anansi and "Iron-man" is Ogun, the yoruba god of Iron
Omg the ending with the little kid crying was soooooo sweet!!!! 🧡🧡🧡🧡
nice touch with Anansi's voice looking forward to more stories
I’ve seen this from overly sarcastic productions too, love how you can see small differences in every telling of a story!
3:54 - Anansi channels the great Jeff Goldblum
Please more Akan/West African myths! Thank you so much for your uploads guys 💕 I love this channel and it preservation of various cultural narratives
That last part about nothing was an amazing touch. 👍
When you realize that most of these legends were covered by Overly Sarcastic Productions
Sharon's Artistic Corner nailed him
😂 I was thinking the same thing
I love seeing different interpretations of these myths, I love both these channels!
Why does he sound like Jeff goldblum in this
Ooooo I knew I heard this one before!
My heritage told though my favorite CZcamsr
I’m very satisfied
I absolutely loved this one most definitely in my top 10 if not top 5 so far fetched yet so cleverly directed in the end :p its a masterpiece XD
as a kid I heard stories of Anansi, thank you for sharing this!
My favorite animal: JAR FULL OF HORNETS!
American Gods season 4 confirmed!
That ending tho. it blew me away man.
Man I loved these stories as a kid. Thank you!
Why did they make him sound like Jeff Goldbloom?
So I'm not the only one who heard Jeff Goldblum.
Why isn't this classified as Anansi Stories rather than West African mythology?
Because people all over the world know these stories; from West Africa to the Caribbean and south america, they evolved over retelling and so certain stories have similar messages but come from different places. Similar concept as classifying Samson as a Biblical story and not a Middle Eastern story.
@@GCOSBenbow That comparison really doesn't work. Anansi's stories may "evolve over retelling" as you say but Samson's does not. While Samson's story may have started in the Middle East, the spread of his story is undoubtedly through the Bible and remains unchanged since it was written. Anansi's stories, on the other hand, only spread outside of Africa as part of folklore rather than religion. As far as I'm aware, there is no large-scale worship of Anansi in the Americas nor are his stories treated with religious reverence. He ultimately remains a product of West Africa and Samson that of the Bible.
Take for example Sun Wukong who was based off the Hindu god Hanuman. Nobody would dispute his story as part of Chinese mythology.
Chow Yee Lee i think its because these stories have been exported across the new world via slavery. This is also why we see reference to tigers, id assume.
what a beautiful story thank you for sharing
I LOVE the way you tell stories!!! So much character, so much skill. I could listen to this all day *and SHALL*. Thank you for doing these adaptations ❤️❤️❤️ Even the Bible stories, of which I am very familiar, are accurate and relatable.
Jeff “Anansi” Goldbloom
Wait, this is a story from West Africa, so why would it be a tiger? Wasn't it Osebo the Leopard?
Whoa... I love it! Cheeky Anansi! I remember learning about your tricks back in the day!
Great Video! I learned this in school actually but the video has illustrations that entertain and teach me!
Me: Do they know Ananse actually does have a real wife in that story?
Extra Credits: Ananse’s son...
Me:
Wait, tiger?
I thought this was a tale set in Africa.
Have I gotten something mixed up?
This isn't the first time I've seen the misconception that tigers can be found in the wild in Africa. Looking into where that misconception might have come from, I see that in regions where the lion's and tiger's natural habitats DO overlap, multiple old civilizations used the same word for both animals. Perhaps that had a role in the confusion?
Maybe they are lived near India where tigers lived but it's question impossible.
They mixed up a tiger a leopard. It is set in africa - the tales come from modern ghana. Another possibility is that the story got modified when it moved to the caribbean, and thats why its now a tiger.
It is set in Africa, Ghana to be precise. I heard this story often whilst growing up and it was with a Lion rather than a Tiger
@@Andy-js5jy I believe Anansi is from west Africa, so it's not likely. My only guess is that this particular version of the story didn't come from Africa, but from the colonies. Second and further generation slaves probably lost a big part of their knowledge of Africa, and with the spice trade bringing Asian influences to the west people might've mixed tigers for lions or something like that.
A bit far fetched, since tigers are so "exotic" and lions so commonplace in the west, especially back then, but it's the only explanation I can think of.
One of my favorite Anansi stories is when there were two feasts in opposite villages. Not sure when the feasts would start, he had a rope placed around his waist and a person who would pull on it when the feast began. Anansi forgot one important detail, though. He forgot to consider what would happen if the feasts started at the same time. The feasts began and the people pulled on the rope, squeezing him in the middle. And that’s why spiders have such small waists. In other versions, there are eight feasts, and the rope is around his legs. And that’s why spiders have such thin legs.
i was so hoping you did an episode on anansi, thanks a lot.
Nothing must have been one scary dude though.
Why? Well, whenever you ask someone what are they scared of... Sometimes they reply with. "I'm scared of nothing."
But I always thought Osebo from the Anansi myth was a leopard not a tiger. Because...y'know...TIGERS ARE NOT NATIVE TO AFRICA!!!
That was tales from Africa? Judging by the animals, I thought it was India XD
Maybe it was a translation error, cause I've heard it was a leopard not a tiger
In certain Caribbean iterations Osebo is a tiger for some reason.
When i was in South Africa, i noticed a tendency to call all large cats that was not lions for tigers, this is from West Africa thou...
These are african stories from the Asante people of modern Ghana, but i think that, since these peoples were enslaved and brought to the new world, the leopard may have become a tiger in retellings.
What an incredibly roundabout way to explain why children cry for no reason
I loved the Anansi stories as a kid. So much nostalgia!
Only available on PlayStation
So when are they gonna squeeze him in the MCU?
not if Sony has Something to say about it
I really like this interpretation. It makes alot of sense.
This was just amazing.