One animal of this type dropped a pot full of wisdom, and a Hopi (*) "Grandmother" of these animals creates the stars by throwing dew into the air.
In one creation myth, a male of this animal tries to name parts of a loom, only to have a female of this animal constantly veto his names. Another animal of this type traded clothes with a man named Nothing and killed him by making his stairs extra slippery. In a Choctaw myth, this animal steals fire by placing it in a clay container. One animal of this type dropped a pot full of wisdom, and a Hopi (*) "Grandmother" of these animals creates the stars by throwing dew into the air. One animal of this kind convinced bees to fly into a jar and told a python he needed to measure him in order to tie him to a stick. That trickster figure got stuck to a tar baby he tried to fight and obtained all the stories of the world. For 10 points, name these eight-legged animals including Anansi.
In one creation myth, a male of this animal tries to name parts of a loom, only to have a female of this animal constantly veto his names.
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