Mr. Nancy

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Mr. Nancy is a charismatic, sharp-tongued incarnation of the West African trickster god Anansi who appears as an old man in Neil Gaiman’s American Gods.

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Surface form Occurrences
Mr. Nancy in American Gods 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf deity
fictional character
trickster god
appearsIn American Gods NERFINISHED
American Gods (TV series) NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre fantasy fiction
appearsInMedium novel
television series
appearsInWorkBy Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED
associatedWith spiders
storytelling
trickery
basedOn Anansi NERFINISHED
createdBy Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED
firstAppearance novel American Gods
hasAlias Anansi NERFINISHED
hasCulturalOrigin Akan folklore
hasGender male
hasMythologicalCounterpart Anansi NERFINISHED
hasNationalityInStory American
hasNotableAbility manipulation
shape-shifting
story magic
hasOrigin West African mythology NERFINISHED
hasPersonalityTrait charismatic
sharp-tongued
hasRole supporting character
hasSpecies god
languageOfCharacter English
partOf American Gods universe
portrayedAs old man
portrayedBy Orlando Jones NERFINISHED

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American Gods character Mr. Nancy
Orlando Jones characterInWork Mr. Nancy
this entity surface form: Mr. Nancy in American Gods
Anansi Boys featuresCharacter Mr. Nancy
Anansi Boys mainCharacter Mr. Nancy
Orlando Jones playedCharacter Mr. Nancy