West African (Akan)
Anansi
The spider who bought all the stories in the world from the sky god.
Anansi is a spider and trickster in the folklore of the Akan people of Ghana. In the best known tale he earns every story in the world from the sky god Nyame by completing a set of near-impossible tasks, which is why stories are sometimes called "spider stories".
The tales travelled to the Caribbean and the Americas, where Anansi stayed a figure of cleverness against the odds.