ID: 901002551 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002551	Record Type: Character/Person

	Anansi (Akan character)

Note: Spider character from Akan folktales.

Names:

	Anansi (Akan character) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Ananse (Akan character) (English,U)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<African iconography> (P)
		........<African characters> (P)
		............Anansi (Akan character) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... character (person by activity)
	.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	takes the form of .... spider (animal)
	.....(Arachnida (class), Chelicerata (subphylum), Arthropoda (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Akan (culture or style)
	.....(Guinea Coast styles, West African (general), African by cultural or regional designation, African (general, continental cultures), styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Anansi (Akan character)
	................Ranger and Kimambo, Historical Study of African Religion (1976)
	Ananse (Akan character)
	................Ranger and Kimambo, Historical Study of African Religion (1976)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Ranger and Kimambo, Historical Study of African Religion (1976)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anansi#/media/File:Anansi_the_Spider_01.png