Quotidian 2 (December 2010)Flora Illes; Theo Meder: Anansi comes to Holland

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APPENDIX: TYPES AND SOURCES

 

Hero: if this box has been ticked, we are dealing with a story in which Anansi competes with a superior (the king, the tiger, the hunter, the devil, etc.)


Story type
Hero
ATU / Fl
Written
Oral
     
01. Anansi and the tar-baby
X
ATU 175
1. Cappelle26 285-286
2. Pinto 171-179
3. Franke
4. Baart 32-37
5. Ferrier 67-71
6. Droog 41-47
7. Lichtveld84 44-46
8. Keizer 186-187
9. Oosterhout 13-16
10. DoelwijtB 190-191
11. Huyser 65-70
1. Hector Cruz (VVB)
2. Herma van Zutphen (web)
3. Darlene Westmaas (web)
4. Carry Ann Tjong-Ayong (VVB)
02. Anansi and the spotted cow: taboo on scratching
X
ATU 1565
1. Latour 51-52
2. Pinto 154-157
3. Baart 128-131
4. Droog 1-2
5. Orman97
6. Witteveen 51-52
1. Hector Cruz (VVB)
2. Anna Petrona (DVD)
03. Anansi, bananas and the dearest child
   1. Cappelle26 276-277
2. Franke
3. Ferrier 97
4. Lichtveld84 65-67
5. Tjon-A-Ten 8-9
6. Keizer 173-174
7. Mil
8. DoelwijtB 193-194
9. Huyser 79-80
1. Hector Cruz (VVB)
2. Missirin Sodjo (VVB)
3. Carry Ann Tjong-Ayong (VVB)
04. Anansi rides horseback on the Tiger
X
ATU 72
1. Cappelle26 289-291
2. Cappelle26 297-299
3. Pinto 13-20
4. Franke
5. Baart 36-43
6. Droog 3-7
7. Lichtveld84 22-25
8. Tjon-A-Ten 24-26
9. DoelwijtA 167-168
10. Keizer 193-194
11. Keizer 202-203
12. Oosterhout 16-19
13. Huyser 31-37
1. Hector Cruz (VVB)
05. Anansi borrows from beetle, chicken, tiger and hunter
X
  1. Cappelle26 277-281
2. Franke 39-47
3. Lichtveld84 76-80
4. Ferrier 24-31
5. Tjon-A-Ten 44-48
6. DoelwijtA 164-166
7. Keizer 175-179
8. Oosterhout 66-70
9. Huyser 49-55
1. Raymond den Boestert (VVB)
2. Missirin Sodjo (VVB)
3. Janna van den Berg (VVB)
4. Carry Ann Tjong-Ayong (VVB)
06. Tiger plays dead and eats the lot (unless the trick fails)
X
ATU 56A*
1. Franke 95-101
2. Pinto 36-39
3. Baart 50-53
4. Droog 12-16
5. Ferrier 126-128
6. Ronhaar 292
7. Lichtveld84 62-64
8. Huyser 99-104
 
07. Anansi cuts fat out of cow’s stomach
X
  1. Cappelle26 273-275
2. Pinto 21-24
3. Pinto 101-104
4. Pinto 191-194
5. Baart 76-79
6. Baart 98-99
7. Baart 148-149
8. Tjon-A-Ten 17-18
9. Keizer 170-172
10. Oosterhout 31-32
11. Oosterhout 56-58
 
08. Anansi and the king of birds
  ATU 221
1. Franke
2. DoelwijtA 145-146
3. Huyser 105-111
 
09. Anansi and the jar of wisdom
   1. Orman97
2. DoelwijtA 147
3. Huyser 8-9 (preface Havertong)
1. Hilli Arduin (web)
2. Richard Ofori (web)
3. Carry Ann Tjong-Ayong (VVB)
4. Wijnand Stomp (web)
10. Anansi lends money to bird till he is grown
   1. Franke
2. DoelwijtA 145-146
3. Huyser 57-64
 
11. Anansi is called Bring for the Crew
   1. Cappelle26 287-289
2. DoelwijtA 148-149
3. Keizer 191-192
 
12. Anansi and the Thrower (syrup tree, stone, etc.)
   1. Pinto 25-35
2. Franke
2. Baart 42-51
3. Ferrier 78-82
4. Lichtveld84 13-17
5. Tjon-A-Ten 53-55
6. DoelwijtA 155-157
7. Oosterhout 61-63
9. Huyser 117-120
 
13. Anansi in elephant skin (trick to borrow money)
   1. DoelwijtA 162-164
1. Esther de Jong (DVD)
14. Anansi's profitable exchange: half a village for two chickens
  ATU 170
1. Cappelle4 314-327
2. Cappelle26 258-265
3. Franke
4. Ferrier 50-58
5. DoelwijtA 168-173
6. Keizer 155-161
7. Huyser 79-87
1. Carry Ann Tjong-Ayong (VVB)
15. Anansi plays dead and kills the Tiger
X
  1. Pinto 40-43
2. Baart 52-55
3. Droog 38-40
4. Oosterhout 39-40
 
16. Anansi gives the devil a beating
X
  1. Pinto 44-46
2. Baart 54-57
3. Oosterhout 41-42
 
17. Anansi out of the sack (barrel), the king into it (How Nanzi tricked the king)
X
ATU 1535
1. Pinto 164-170
2. Baart 56-61
3. Ferrier 59-61
1. Marieta Emers (DVD)
18. Anansi pretends to be a young child (baby)
   1. Pinto 47-50
2. Baart 60-63
3. Ferrier 92-93
4. Droog 8-11
5. Lichtveld84 41-43
1. Farida Stellaard (DVD)
19. Anansi steals eggs from the snake (food of the gnomes): password door
  ATU 954
1. Pinto 51-56
2. Baart 62-67
1. Yeboah Boadi Owusu (web)
20. Anansi has a cacodemon on his shoulder (Pedrito Bullepees, Temecu Temebe, Tecumbe Timbe)
   1. Latour 47-51
2. Pinto 57-65
3. Baart 66-73
4. Ferrier 116-120
5. Droog 17-23
6. Oosterhout 19-23
 
21. Anansi can lift something without moaning (trick)
X
ATU 1565
1. Cappelle26 354-359
2. Pinto 66-69
3. Baart 72-75
4. Droog 24-26
5. Keizer 255-259
6. Oosterhout 29-31
 
22. Anansi shows unknown animal and guesses devil’s age
or: Anansi guesses age and makes devil straighten curly hair
X
ATU 1091
ATU 1175
1. Pinto 70-74
2. Baart 78-81
3. Lichtveld97 62-66
4. Oosterhout 42-45
 
23. Anansi makes others repeat three words (third = wrong)
X
  1. Pinto 75-79
2. Baart 80-85
3. Lichtveld84 34-37
 
24. Anansi borrows pancakes from snake; is eventually bitten to death
   1. Pinto 80-85
2. Baart 84-89
 
25. Anansi sells the king’s sheep
X
  1. Pinto 86-90
2. Baart 88-93
 
26. Anansi (actually rat) builds a house for aunt
   1. Pinto 91-97
2. Baart 92-97
3. Droog 27-30
4. Oosterhout 27-29
 
27. Anansi makes Tiger prevent rain barrel from falling over
X
  1. Pinto 98-100
2. Baart 96-99
 
28. Anansi gets land the size of a cowhide
X
ATU 927C*
1. Pinto 105-109
2. Baart 100-103
 
29. Anansi flies to island (peanut or mango-stone island); gets feathers from birds. Eats entire supply on island, drops heavy bags.
   1. Pinto 110-119
2. Baart 102-109
3. Droog 31-37
4. Lichtveld84 26-28
1. Marie Goormachtigh (DVD)
30. Anansi makes cricket jump into the pan
   1. Pinto 120-125
2. Baart 108-111
3. Oosterhout 25-27
 
31. Anansi steals avocados from Tiger (throws iron ball from tree pretending to help)
X
  1. Pinto 126-130
2. Baart 112-115
 
32. Anansi, the magic apples and the princess (Fortunatus)
X
ATU 566
1. Pinto 131-143
2. Baart 114-123
3. Ferrier 121-125
4. Oosterhout 35-39
 
33. Anansi eats his own merchandise and gets a beating
   1. Pinto 144-149
2. Baart 122-127
 
34. Anansi mistakes the tiger for a sheep (and sometimes frames friend)
X
  1. Pinto 150-153
2. Pinto 180-190
3. Baart 126-129
4. Baart 140-147
5. Broek 20-21
6. Broek 21-23
7. Ferrier 102-106
 
35. Anansi as master thief (white person in well)
X
ATU 1525
1. Pinto 158-163
2. Baart 132-135
3. Oosterhout 32-34
 
36. Anansi, the magic pot and the magic belt (whip)
  ATU 563
1. Pinto 7-12
2. Franke
2. Baart 136-141
3. Ferrier 62-66
4. Oosterhout 11-13
6. Huyser 121-136
1. Josette Evers (web)
37. Anansi steals food offerings to dead person
   1. Cappelle26 362-366
2. Pinto 195-198
3. Baart 150-151
4. Keizer 260-263
 
38. Anansi sells princess to the devil
   1. Cappelle26 266-271
2. Keizer 162-166
 
39. Granman Anansi marries princess as a musician
   1. Cappelle26 271-273
2. Keizer 167-169
 
40. Anansi at Watramama’s banquet
  ATU 60 (?)
1. Cappelle26 281-282
2. Franke
3. Ronhaar 288
4. Keizer 180-182
5. DoelwijtB 180-181
6. Huyser 81-83
1. Herma van Zutphen (DVD)
41. Anansi makes cat hunt rats
   1. Cappelle26 282-285
2. Pinto 91-97
3. Baart 92-97
4. Droog 29-30
5. Ronhaar 290-291
6. Keizer 183-185
 
42. Anansi pretends to be a clergyman and eats ducks
   1. Cappelle26 286-287
2. Keizer 188-190
 
43. Anansi is tricked by dog (cow’s liver)
   1. Cappelle26 291-293
2. Tjon-A-Ten 19-20
3. Keizer 195-196
 
44. Anansi causes war between chickens and cockroaches
   1. Cappelle26 293-295
2. Keizer 197-198
3. Ferrier 94-96
4. DoelwijtB 197-199
 
45. Anansi donates his daughter to Death (in exchange for food; turns out to be flesh). Or simply: Anansi robs Death and makes him active
   1. Cappelle26 295-296
2. Ferrier 111-115
3. Keizer 199-201
4. Tjon-A-Ten 27-29
 
46. Anansi arranges tug-of-war between elephant and whale (sometimes: walks across rope to New World)
   1. Cappelle26 299-303
2. Ferrier 38-44
3. Franke
4. Lichtveld84 7-8
5. Orman97
6. Keizer 204-206
7. Oosterhout 70-73
8. Huyser 25-29
1. Carry Ann Tjong-Ayong (VVB)
47. Anansi disguises as an American sailor
   1. Cappelle26 303-305
2. Ronhaar 293-294
3. Lichtveld84 38-40
4. Tjon-A-Ten 30-33
5. Keizer 207-209
6. Oosterhout 63-66
7. DoelwijtB 194-195
 
48. Anansi gets cooking pot on his head
   1. Cappelle26 305-306
2. Keizer 210
 
49. Frog spills the beans (sheep slaughtered)
   1. Cappelle26 306-308
2. Keizer 211-212
 
50. Anansi turns Rabbit and Tiger into each other’s enemies
   1. Cappelle26 308-309
2. Franke
3. Ferrier 32-37
4. Ronhaar 288-290
5. Keizer 213-214
6. Oosterhout 76-79
7. Huyser 70-74
 
51. Anansi is killed by lightning (or barely survives)
   1. Cappelle26 310-314
2. Keizer 215-218
3. Ferrier 129-135
4. Oosterhout 93-97
 
52. Anansi takes pepper test and marries the princess
  ATU 1565
1. Cappelle26 315-318
2. Franke
3. Keizer 219-222
4. Ferrier 107-110
5. Oosterhout 73-76
6. DoelwijtB 196-197
7. Huyser 39-47
 
53. Anansi (ill) makes his wife slaughter sheep and eats it
   1. Cappelle26 318-321
2. Ferrier 45-49
3. Keizer 223-226
4. DoelwijtB 191-193
1. Carry Ann Tjong-Ayong (VVB)
54. Anansi wins princess with elephant’s tooth
   1. Cappelle26 345-349
2. Keizer 251-254
3. Oosterhout 53-56
 
55. Anansi converts the crabs (hunger; baptism in boiling water)
   1. Cappelle26 371-373
2. Lichtveld84 68-71
3. Keizer 264-265
 
56. Anansi fails to win Indian bride
   1. Cappelle26 373-377
2. Keizer 266-269
 
57. Anansi makes rat’s trousers drop
   1. Cappelle26 377-378
2. Keizer 270
 
58. Anansi gets name of all stories
    1. Anne M.C. Rozendaal (web)
2. Wijnand Stomp (DVD)
59. Anansi treats family to beans
    1. Jacqueline Balsemhof (web)
60. Anansi becomes king of carnival
   1. Orman98
1. Olga Orman (DVD)
61. Anansi eats everything at his own party
    1. Nericha Marchena (web)
62. Why Anansi’s head ended up the other way round
    1. Lawrence Osei-Antwi (web)
63. Anansi and Anene go fishing with fyke nets
    1. Esther de Jong (web)
64. Anansi, six helpers and ball for moon
  ATU 513 (?)
  1. Rens de Vette (VVB)
65. Anansi and the tied-up snake
   1. Jones 6-13
2. Lichtveld84 18-20
1. Winston Scholsberg (VVB)
(2. Wijnand Stomp, DVD)
66. Anansi and the royal turd (pain and lie)
X
  1. Ronhaar 292-293
2. Lichtveld84 47-51
3. Tjon-A-Ten 10-11
1. Winston Scholsberg (VVB)
2. Juliette Esajas (DVD)
3. Erna Caprino (web)
67. Anansi knows the name of the ugly daughter (witch, king)
   1. Ferrier 75-77
1. Mohammed Madat (VVB)
2. Hilly Arduin (DVD)
68. Anansi broke and thrown out of his house
    1. Yamila Abou (VVB)
69. Anansi's legs chopped off for punishment
    1. Abdouellah Akanni (VVB)
70. How Anansi comes to the Netherlands
   1. Kempen89 113-117
2. Tjon-A-Ten 21-23
3. Orman97
4. Lichtveld97 79-81
1. Omaira Villarreal (DVD)
71. Anansi and Tiger beat each other as hard as they can
X
  1. Tjon-A-Ten 12-14
 
72. Anansi beats his mother to death
   1. Tjon-A-Ten 15-16
 
73. Anansi buys a car thanks to bets
   1. Tjon-A-Ten 34-36
 
74. Anansi and the night-flower
   1. Franke 68-72
2. Tjon-A-Ten 37-39
3. Huyser 75-78
 
75. Anansi and the singing donkey
   1. Tjon-A-Ten 40-43
 
76. Smith, Carpenter and Baker Anansi grabs Tiger
X
  1. Tjon-A-Ten 49-52
2. Oosterhout 82-86
 
77. Anansi cures Tiger of lovemaking
X
  1. Lichtveld84 9-11
 
78. Anansi eats the eggs of the caiman
   1. Jones 23-30
2. Lichtveld84 29-30
 
79. Anansi sails in boat – promises to pay the other brother
   1. Lichtveld84 31-33
 
80. Anansi cures fish: eats it
   1. Lichtveld84 52-54
 
81. Dog and Anansi walk across backs of caimans to the other side (pretending to be counting)
  ATU 58
1. Lichtveld84 54-55
 
82. Anansi plays his own doctor and prescribes banquet
   1. Lichtveld84 56-61
 
83. Anansi blames snail for cabbage theft
  ATU 967
1. Lichtveld84 73-75
 
84. Anansi and the king’s watch (rabbit sings song of guilt)
   1. Orman97
1. Lies Cruden (web)
85. Anansi versus Won’t-Be-Argued-With
   1. Duin 188-189
 
86. Anansi arranges for the offering of gifts (Old Higue)
   1. Jones 14-22
 
87. Anansi exchanges chicken for cow without tail
   1. Jones 31-39
 
88. Mrs Anansi emancipates
   1. Jones 40-48
 
89. Anansi mediates between heaven and earth
   1. Lichtveld97 8-10
 
90. Anansi digs pit for deer and falls in himself
   1. Lichtveld97 10-13
 
91. Anansi coaches soccer team of monkeys
   1. Lichtveld97 14-19
 
92. Dokter Anansi plays judge in conflict over buffalo
   1. Lichtveld97 26-31
 
93. Anansi exchanges hats, but gets the worst of it
   1. Lichtveld97 32-35
 
94. Anansi gives away that the most beautiful girl is made of foam
   1. Sterck 90-94
 
95. Anansi organizes song contest and wants to win himself
   1. Lichtveld97 35-49
 
96. Anansi shows devil biggest treasure: can scold and cook
X
  1. Lichtveld97 55-61
 
97. Anansi at the head of (drug) smugglers’ gang
   1. Lichtveld97 67-73
 
98. Anansi steals weed (?) from parrot growing it
   1. Lichtveld97 74-79
 
99. Anansi’s son has to go shopping for punishment
   1. Lichtveld97 81-87
 
100. Anansi’s daughter goes to grandma in Bijlmer dressed as Little Red Riding Hood
   1. Lichtveld97 88-93
 
101. Makuba and Anansi as creators of man and beast
    1. Eric Borrias (VVB)
102. Anansi is helped by Watramama; can sit on her shoulders
    1. Carry Ann Tjong-Ayong (VVB)
103. Anansi sticks Tiger’s tail into anthill
X
   1. Lies Cruden (DVD)
104. Anansi gets too fat
    1. Ann Harris (DVD)
105. Anansi and witch Five (goose refuses to count, tricks spider)
    1. Hilly Arduin (web)
106. Running match between Anansi and rabbit
  ATU 275C
  1. Willy Djaoen (web)
107. Angry animals chase Anansi up Awara tree
    1. Juliana Fikki (web)
108. Anansi and animals with six feet beat Tiger and animals with four feet
X
   1. Jil Florence (web)
109. Anansi cures woman and takes revenge when she walks away
    1. Nana Afuah Gyewaa (web)
110. Anansi and the toilet problem (not by day, no pressure)
    1. Ray Landveld (web)
111. King gives Anansi riddle: is the bird dead?
X
   1. Paul Middellijn (web)
112. Anansi’s new wife: virgin without mouth (in armpit)
    1. Yaw Frimpong Obeng (web)
113. Anansi builds solar panel
    1. Walter Palm (web)
114. Anansi’s neighbours and rat arguing about garden
    1. Liberta Rosario (web)
115. Anansi sells umbrellas because it seems as if it’s raining
    1. Stephanie van Seventer (web)
116. Anansi empties mother’s biscuit barrel
    1. Six year old girl (web)
117. Anansi gets a beating: indicates wrong farter
   1. Oosterhout 58-61
 
118. Anansi turns Tiger and dog into each other’s enemies
   1. Oosterhout 79-82
 
119. Anansi as nanny: impregnates three princesses
   1. Oosterhout 86-90
 
120. Anansi gets pig, but spirits eat pig
   1. Oosterhout 90-93
 
121. Anansi buys pigtails from monkeys: a blow per tail. Help from Busimama and magic razor
   1. Ferrier 17-23
 
122. Anansi gets princess by ignoring her; revenge animals
   1. Ferrier 83-87
 
123. Anansi frightens Busimama; rounded back for punishment
   1. Ferrier 88-91
 
124. Anansi releases prince from bat/evil witch
   1. Ferrier 98-101
 
125. Anansi prevents further slavery (threatening song young son)
   1. Franke
2. Huyser 19-24
 
126. Anansi and Rifle’s funeral
   1. Franke 84-95
2. Huyser 89-98
 
127. Anansi and the magic arrow
   1. Franke
2. Huyser 113-117
 
128. Anansi becomes supervisor; end of slavery
   1. Franke
2. Huyser 137-143
 
129. Anansi cures Granman’s daughter
   1. Franke
2. Huyser 145-155
 

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