Onini
animal_ally earth Akan-Ashanti single tradition · 2
Onini is a python that Nyame tasks Anansi with capturing. Anansi succeeds in tricking Onini into his capture.
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“Nyame tasks Anansi with four challenges in exchange for them: the capture of the python Onini, the hornets known as Mmoboro, the leopard Osebo, and the dwarf Mmoatia. Anansi agrees to the challenge and includes his mother Ya Nsia as part of the bet.”
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“According to one tale, Anansi captured him alongside Onini the python and the Mmoboro hornets, to give to the sky god Nyame in exchange for his stories.”
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