How Stories Came To Earth Vs Master Cat

“What remains, still remains”Sky God said this quote in the trickster tale “How Stories Came to Earth” when he tells Anansi there are still animals to be captured. The story “How Stories Came to Earth” is about a tiny spider who must capture four elusive animals and bring the to the sky god for his stories. He was then able to achieve the goal, get the stories, and share them with the world. After reading “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Master Cat” it was very obvious that there was many similarities and differences between these two tales. There are several similarities present in the trickster tales “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Master Cat”.First off both achieved their goals in the story without screwing up. In “Master Cat” the mill worker’s son got what master cat had promised him. Master Cat said that he would help out poor man if he did not eat him, and so the mill worker’s son spared his life and gave him a chance. Master Cat tricked, lied and threatened people to gain wealth for the poor son and himself. In “How Stories Came to Earth” Anansi was challenged by the Sky God to
The Power figure in both stories is different, in one being the king and the other the Sky God. Throughout the stories Master Cat and Anansi are on quests for different things. For Master Cat it was to obtain wealth and power. On the other hand Anansi was trying to obtain the Sky God’s stories. The stories for Anansi were shared to everyone around the world, benefitting everyone. But Master Cat did it for his own selfish needs, he might’ve also helped the poor son but nobody else, making it a selfish need. The women in both stories are also viewed very differently. In “Master Cat” women are viewed as a prize and whoever has the most beautiful one has more power. Unlike how in “How Stories Came to Earth” where men and women depend on each other to