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Anthropomorphism In How Stories Came To Earth
One technique commonly used in trickster tales is the use of anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism is giving non-human characters human qualities. In How Stories Came to Earth, the trickster, Anansi, is a spider but possesses human qualities. For example, after asking the sky god for his stories, it says “bowing, the spider quietly turned and crept back down through the clouds” (40). This shows the spider is given human qualities because spiders can not bow or talk for that matter. In Coyote Steals Fire, use of anthropomorphism is present in the trickster, Coyote. An example from the story is “They played with dice made from the gnawing teeth of beavers and woodchucks” (45). This shows anthropomorphism because animals can not play games. Finally
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