In the tale of Anansi Brings Stories to the World, he is a mischievous, cunning, and generally creative as he shapeshifts from a man to an eight-legged spider. In the beginning of the story he tells how he is sitting around watching the people and children become bored and restless and how he likes people being one himself. He’s a clever spider that uses his intelligence and trickiness to capture larger animals for a wooden box that only the sky god will give to him if he captures the Python, a leopard, goat, hornet and a bad-tempered fairy for stories for his people. Although he is portrayed as trickster by doing deeds and capturing the larger animals he puts himself and family at risk to help his people. Making him loyal to his people and