| 单词 | anansi story |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAnansi story Anansi story n. a folk tale in which Anansi is the central character; cf. Anansi tale n., nancy story n. [Compare Twi anansesεm fable, fictitious narrative, literally ‘Anansi story’.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > legend or folk tale > [noun] > types of legend or folk tale > legends or folk tales of specific cultures the Grailc1330 sangrail1470 saga1709 Mahabharata1768 nancy storya1818 Anansi tale1856 Anansi story1873 immram1895 1873 W. J. Gardner Hist. Jamaica iv. iv. 394 Some of these Anancy stories would form no bad addition to the fairy stories of the world. 1933 C. McKay Banana Bottom vi. 71 He..sat with them out upon their barbecues on moonlight nights, listening to their Anancy stories. 2007 Science-Fiction Stud. July 269 Anansi stories, traditional West African and Caribbean folk tales, are presumed unreliable, eschewing narrative closure and changing with every delivery. < as lemmas |
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