Who Is Anansi? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Anansi is a In the Public Domain comic book character, the alter ego of Kwaku Anansi, with over 167 comic issue appearances. A West-African spider god, normally hailed as the God of Stories.

Who is Anansi?

Marvel Patron deity of the Spiders On Earth-616, Kwaku Anansi is the Great Weaver, an Orisha who is purportedly responsible for bringing Spider-Totems into the Age of Marvels. It is on his web - the Web of Life of Destiny - that all Spiders exist throughout the multiverse, and he acts as their patron deity. Anansi has had a tricky relationship with the Olympian gods of Marvel. During the Skrulls' invasion of Earth he openly disputed Athena's intentions when forming the first God Squad , suspecting the Olympians of sabotage towards the other pantheons. He has also appeared to and teased Hercules multiple times in his civilian disguise "A. Nancy." Recently Anansi has chosen Miles Morales as his champion on the Earthly plane. He does not possess Miles in the way Khonshu does Marc Spector , but their relationship has a similar dynamic. In the aftermath of the Blood Hunt, Miles was infected by Varnae's vampiric curse and sought out the Wakandan goddess Bast to cure him, as she had previously done so to her avatar the Black Panther .

Key facts

Anansi is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "The Prisoners of the Black Pyramid". The character is published by In the Public Domain. With 167 recorded issue appearances, Anansi ranks among the most featured characters in comics.