{"id":1881,"date":"2026-05-13T14:36:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/?post_type=chapter&p=1881"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:08:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:08:04","slug":"anansi-the-wisdom-pot","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/chapter\/anansi-the-wisdom-pot\/","title":{"raw":"3.5: A Story About Gatekeeping- Anansi & the Wisdom Pot","rendered":"3.5: A Story About Gatekeeping- Anansi & the Wisdom Pot"},"content":{"raw":"[caption id=\"attachment_2445\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"604\"]\"Anansi Anansi (also spelled Ananse<\/strong> or Kwaku Ananse<\/strong>) is one of the most famous trickster figures in the world. He originated in the oral traditions of the Akan people<\/span><\/span> of present-day Ghana<\/span><\/span> and later spread throughout the Caribbean and the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade. In Jamaica, Suriname, Cura\u00e7ao, and other parts of the African diaspora, Anansi remained an important cultural figure, preserving African storytelling traditions despite displacement and oppression. Anansi is usually portrayed as a spider, though in many stories he has both spider and human characteristics. He's clever, witty, mischievous, and sometimes selfish. Source: ChatGPT Image created by Mikahelia Wellington on Jul 9, 2026, 05_30_43 PM. Prompt: \"I want to create a unique image of the story called 'Anansi and the Wisdom Pot \". I'm thinking the image could be in the style of old Ghanaian textile art.\"[\/caption]\r\n

Anansi gathered all the wisdom and put it in a pot.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cAll for me!\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Next, Anansi wanted to hide the pot in a tree. He hung the pot around his neck and went to the tallest tree, but the pot was in the way. He couldn\u2019t reach his arms around the tree to climb it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A boy saw Anansi and laughed. \u201cSling the pot around your back, fool!\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This made Anansi mad, and he realized he didn\u2019t have all the wisdom after all.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Anansi threw down the pot. It broke, and the wisdom inside spread everywhere.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

(\u201cTiny Tales of Anansi,\u201d n.d.)<\/span><\/p>","rendered":"

\"Anansi
Anansi (also spelled Ananse<\/strong> or Kwaku Ananse<\/strong>) is one of the most famous trickster figures in the world. He originated in the oral traditions of the Akan people<\/span><\/span> of present-day Ghana<\/span><\/span> and later spread throughout the Caribbean and the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade. In Jamaica, Suriname, Cura\u00e7ao, and other parts of the African diaspora, Anansi remained an important cultural figure, preserving African storytelling traditions despite displacement and oppression. Anansi is usually portrayed as a spider, though in many stories he has both spider and human characteristics. He’s clever, witty, mischievous, and sometimes selfish. Source: ChatGPT Image created by Mikahelia Wellington on Jul 9, 2026, 05_30_43 PM. Prompt: “I want to create a unique image of the story called ‘Anansi and the Wisdom Pot “. I’m thinking the image could be in the style of old Ghanaian textile art.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anansi gathered all the wisdom and put it in a pot.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll for me!\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next, Anansi wanted to hide the pot in a tree. He hung the pot around his neck and went to the tallest tree, but the pot was in the way. He couldn\u2019t reach his arms around the tree to climb it.<\/span><\/p>\n

A boy saw Anansi and laughed. \u201cSling the pot around your back, fool!\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

This made Anansi mad, and he realized he didn\u2019t have all the wisdom after all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anansi threw down the pot. It broke, and the wisdom inside spread everywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n

(\u201cTiny Tales of Anansi,\u201d n.d.)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":503,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1881","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":349,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/503"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3625,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1881\/revisions\/3625"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/349"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1881\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1881"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1881"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}