Mythology & Folklore - MLLL 3043

There once was a great hero of the village that lived in solitude named Batman. He was a handsome and wealthy man that lived in a sprawling mansion. Next door lived Joker who was Batman's best friend. Joker lived in a small shack and had very little in means of possessions. Joker called Batman on the morning of the village farmers market to ask if he would accompany him. Batman obliged and met joker at the intersection to their two houses. Batman appeared in a purple Lamborghini Aventador dressed in a matching purple suit. Joker got in the Lamborghini wearing clothes that resembled Kanye's clothing line with holes and stains all around them, although they were free. As they departed Joker expressed sorrow in his life and his wish for a life as grand as Batman's. Batman sympathized with Joker and told him he would fulfill his wish for a day. They proceeded to switch clothes and Joker now drove them. As they arrived at the farmers market all the women came out to meet this ri...

Anansi and his son were in a land that was scarce in food. The son found and killed a deer and brought it back to the rendezvous. Anansi went off to find a basket to carry the kill back home. While Anansi was away the son cried out for him and a dragon appeared in attempts to eat him. Anansi appears and they are both captured by the dragon and taken back to his palace. In order to escape, the son spread forty bags of rice to distract the chicken. he then fashioned a ladder that he tossed tot he heavens. As everyone climbed to the heavens, the dragon noticed and also began to climb. The son threw down bones to distract the dragon, and cut the ladder at his feat securing his place in heaven. The son became the sun, and Anansi became the moon, and his fellow escapes became stars. The chief was having a feast, and invited all the other chiefs and their people. He sent out messengers to buy supplies. The tortoise was sent to buy palm wine from the palm field of the chicken. But the chicken ...

 A spider wanted to have stories told about him by the local chief. The chief agreed on condition that the spider bring him three things. A jar full of live bees, a boa constrictor, and a tiger. He found some bees and tricked them into the jar, completing his first task. The spider then found a snake and proceeded to measure him with a stick. The spider quickly tied the snake to the stick tricking yet another. The spider then found the home of a tiger and tricked him into sewing his eyes shut so that he became helpless. Completing all three task the old tales came to be known as Anansi Tales. A man with all the knowledge of the world became offended by the very people he helped. To punish them he collected all the knowledge that he had given out and put it in a jar. He proceeded to hang the pot in a tree far away from man's touch. His son watching him struggle to climb the tree with the jar hung on the front of his body gave a smart remark. He told his father to hang the pot on the...