In one story surrounding this figure, he was swallowed by a large fish after falling into a river, and his six sons banded together to rescue him from the situation.
In one story surrounding this figure, he was swallowed by a large fish after falling into a river, and his six sons banded together to rescue him from the situation. His mother's other two sons included the river deities Bea and Tano, and she herself was the goddess of fertility. In one story, this character is able to score himself a full meal by telling a tortoise to go to a distant creek to wash his hands. This deity is perhaps better known for (*) capturing his rival, Osebo, a and a large snake to his father, the sky god Nyame. Another story involves this character capturing a fairy by having her get mad at and stuck to a ‘mannerless' Tar Baby. Once rewarded with all of the stories in the world, FTP, identify this trickster god who appears in the mythology of the Caribbean and West Africa and is generally depicted as a spider.
In one story surrounding this figure, he was swallowed by a large fish after falling into a river, and his six sons banded together to rescue him from the situation.
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