Pendant Bearing the Ananse Ntonta
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Ananse Ntonta teaches us a lot about the intelligence and creativity of the Akan people.
- African lucky charm linked to the spider
- Selected by our tribal culture expert
- Worn by many artists and scholars
- Material: stainless steel
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Ananse Ntonta? What is this strange lucky symbol?
“Ananse Ntontan” literally means spider web in the Akan language.
For many African peoples, the spider is one of the most intelligent and hardworking creatures. Indeed, its web is intricately woven in a pattern that knows how to best trap the small insects on which it feeds.
Used in the form of a lucky pendant, this symbol represents wisdom, creativity and the complexity of life. Each of these three ideas has a very particular meaning in West Africa.
Wisdom refers to experience, knowledge and good judgment in decision-making and action.
Creativity includes the use of one's imagination and the ability to find original ideas in one's work. In short, it's about knowing how to create something new.
The complexity of life is an idea that teaches us not to trust initial assumptions and that, very often, complex mechanisms are hidden behind apparently simple things.
Aside from these three ideas, this African symbol also carries within it the power of the Ananse, a well-known character from the folklore of the West of the continent. Many tales describe it as a giant spider, messenger of the Supreme Being. It is also the web that it weaves which allows the connection between the spiritual world (literally that of spirits) and the physical world in which we live.
Through its link with the spider, this pendant bearing the Ananse Ntonta invites us to take inspiration from this creature. As an African lucky charm, it also offers us wisdom and creativity.
