Character Analysis: How Stories Came To Earth

In trickster tales, another common element of these stories is the usage of “brain over brawn.” The purpose of brain over brawn is where the character may lack some physical strength, but makes up for it by outsmarting whomever it is going up against. In “How Stories Came to Earth,” Anansi was not the most immense character, but he was able to capture Osebo the leopard by convincing him to put his paws on the sticks he planted on the outside of the hole. He was then able to wrap a string of webs around his paws and take him to the sky-god. This is a prime example, considering that it displays how Anansi was much more petite than the leopard, but he was still capable of capturing him. In “Coyote Steals Fire,” it is said that “Coyote was able