Basically the title. In the US I’ve heard the fables of King Arthur and Robin Hood constantly. What are some other fabled heroes from antiquity that are less well known? Something from a non-Western culture.

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    11 months ago

    Analysis the Spider is a great trickster folklore character from the Akan in Ghana. I loved these stories as a kid and had a great book on tape.

    It looks like autocorrect attacked KinNectar. In case anyone wants to read further, the spider’s name is Anansi.

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      Ugh, yeah, I fought aurocorrect over it and lost in the end it looks like. Got it fixed up now.