Spider told by the Roman poet Ovid in his "Metamorphoses", Arachne was a Lydian girl who challenged the goddess Athena to a weaving contest. Arachne won, but Athena destroyed her tapestry out of jealousy, causing Arachne to hang herself. In an act of mercy, Athena brought Arachne back to life as the first spider. Stories about the trickster-spider Anansi are prominent in the folk traditions of the Asante people of Ghana. In some cultures, spiders have symbolized patience due to their hunting technique of setting webs and waiting for prey, as well as mischief and malice due to their venomous bites.
Diary of a Spider Lempke, of "Horn Book Magazine", reviewed the book saying, "Kid humor and spider humor (not to mention worm humor) seem remarkably similar, so expect this second Diary to be just as popular as the first." Diary of a Spider Diary of a Spider is a children's picture book published in 2005 and it is a sequel to "Diary of a Worm". It is written by Doreen Cronin and it is illustrated by Harry Bliss. The book is a diary written by a spider. The diary has things such as pictures of Spider's family, a picture of his favorite book, a