Sandman Stories Presents

#philippines #centavo #folktales

Today we are back in the book of folklore written down by Mabel Cook Cole. We have eight stories.

Story one: Why the sun and moon look like they do.

Story two: How monkeys came to be.

Story three: How coconuts can make you sing.

Story four: A guy who is bad at capitalism.

Story five: Why dogs wag their tails.

Story six: Why chickens peck at the ground.

Story seven: Why spiders and flies hate each...

#nativeamerican #sioux #weather

In the first story, we learn about the reasons for seasons. In the second we learn about first man and and why it is good to listen to your wife.

Source: Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Eastman and Eastman

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: John Coloff: Sioux Love Song on a Native American Style Flute by Chris Oravec

Sound Effects: Crickers by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Fabulous Folklore with Icy

Listener Shoutout: Chittagong, Bangladesh

Photo Credit: "...

#christmas #saintnicholas #canada

In this story, we learn about how Saint Nick protects the kids.

Source: Canadian Fairy Tales by Cyrus MacMillan

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: White Christmas: (*Sung In Choctaw) - Raymond Johnson

Sound Effects: Blizzard in the Forest at Midnight by daveincamas -- https://freesound.org/s/558664/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

Podcast Shoutout: The Vocal Fries

Listener Shoutout: Omaha Nebraska

#korea #woodcutter #folktale

In this story, a woodcutter watches some fairies play a game. When the game is done, he finds that centuries have passed. Will he fit in?

Source: Korean Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: 자진뱃노래_3대의 가야금을 위한 민요앙상블

Sound Effects: Arrowwood Rain by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Bewilderbeasts by M3

Listener Shoutout: Balkh Afghanistan

Photo credit: "No Known Restrictions: 'Go-ban' Game in Seoul, Korea, 1904 (LOC)" by pingnews.com is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.

#japan #ryujin #jewels

In this story, we see two brothers who think about switching jobs for a day. This ends poorly when one brother loses the other brother's hook. Will Happy get his hook back?

Source: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: 月桃節 東京月桃三味線　Ghetto Bushi Tokyo Ghetto Shamisen

Sound Effects: Summer Night by flumpytripod -- https://freesound.org/s/830092/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Podcast Shoutout: Word of Mouth

Listener shoutout: Midsy!!!!

Photo Credit: "Ryujin #マンホール #デザイン #龍神 #雑景" by R26B is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

#india #rajah #dog

In the first story, a talking jackal helps out a poor man.

In the second story, a couple make some off handed remarks and it turns into hard labor.

And in the final story, a man and his son would be lost without the wits and bravery of the son's fourth wife.

Source: Simla Village Tales, by Alice Elizabeth Dracott

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: KAANCHI | Hoga Tumse Pyaara Kaun | Himachali Folk | PAHARI | Rajeev Chamba| JUNOON | Saibaba Studios (creative commons)

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#uganda #cuckoo #famine

In the first story, we learn why the Hadada Ibis cries for its babies.

In the second, we learn about a man who forgets the most important part of a marriage.

In the third, we listen to a song about what is in the heart of men.

And in the final story, we learn why monkeys and elephants are such good friends.

Source: The flame tree and other folk-lore stories from Uganda by Rosetta Baskerville

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: BATULISA BINGI BY...

#devi #georgia #hero

In this story, Asphurtzela is born to a mom after her three sons are eaten by a devi. His name means one hundred leaves. Through bravery and kindness, he completes an epic adventure. Will he get the woman of his dreams?

Source: GEORGIAN FOLK TALES by Marjorie Wardrop

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Folk-Roll - Adjaruli. Radio Ar Daidardo Live

Sound Effects: Water on Shore by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Wildly Curious

Listener Shoutout: Helsinki Finland

#neworleans #servant #deception

In the first story, we learn about a partying wife.

In the second, we learn about praying and flowers.

In the third we learn that the king is not wiser than an old man.

And in the fourth, we learn about hiding what is important.

Source: Louisiana folk-tales : in French dialect and English translation

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Mosquito Parade by the Lakeside Band

Sound effects: Big Island Coqui Frogs, Cicada, Crickets by itinerantmonk108 -- https://freesound...

#bengal #thief #bandits

In this first half of the story, we learn about two lazy thieves who work super hard to avoid work or spending money.

Source: Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Guru Na Bhoji Mui গুরু না ভজি মুই by- Milan Mondal

Sound Effects: Crickers by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: The History of Persia

Listener Shoutout: Rafah, Gaza

#halloween #folklore #germany

In the first tale, we learn about a little German ship spirit. Treat him well or you will be in danger.

In the second time we learn about what happens when you squeeze the local people too much.

Source: The Klabautermann Meyer, G. F. Schleswig-Holsteinische Sagen. 1929, p. 55ff

Source: The Ship of Hell Sundermann, F. Sagen und sagenhafte Erzählungen aus Ostfriesland, 1869. p. 25ff

Both translated by Jürgen Hubert on his blog.

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

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#japan #ghosts #eggs

In the first story, we learn about a greedy ghost that has some awful eating habbits.

In the second story, we learn about why you don't talk to strange women, crying by the moat.

Source: Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things By Lafcadio Hearn

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Krao - Dark Sakura (Japanese Horror Background Music)

Sound Effects: Fire Burst.wav by SilverIllusionist -- https://freesound.org/s/472688/ -- License: Attribution 4.0, engukoji_shrine.wav by volivieri -- https://freesound.org...

#meeting #spooky #beyond

In the first story, a couple meets after one of them has already passed.

In the second story, a sister visits her brother and reveals a secret about mom.

Source: True Ghost Stories BY HEREWARD CARRINGTON

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Cinematic Dark Fantasy Piano Eerie Spooky Neoclassical Royalty Free

Sound effects: High Heels on Wooden Floor.wav by 21100306 -- https://freesound.org/s/595442/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0, Zapsplatt

Picture credit: "Bridge over Siuslaw River, Oregon" by Bonnie Moreland (free i...

#halloween #spooky #ghosts

The first story talks about the horror of an incomplete handshake, the second about the troubles of being on the road, and the final story is about messages from beyond the grave.

Sources: True Ghost Stories by Hereward Carrington ; Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories by Ambrose Bierce

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Bring Back My Bonnie To Me Hayden Quartet

Photo credit: "Death Noose" by theglobalpanorama is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sound Effects: R04-39-Trolley Bell by craigsmith...

#halloween #spooky #jerseyshore

In this story, we get a good old fashioned ghost sighting that is probably related to a guy stealing money from drowned tourists. Come listen to this first spooky tale of the spooky season.

Source: Twenty-Five Ghost Stories by W. Bob Holland

Sound Effects: Zapsplat, Sonic Sound fx, TSPT (zapsplat.com), Klank Beeld (freesound.org) and Dustin Steichmann

Music: DAMP WEATHER by JONES & COLLINS Astoria Hot Eight; Lee Collins; Sidney Arodin (public domain)

Photo credit: "Marine Gate Mansions (Southport Promenade...

#devil #magic #azores

In the first story, a man befriends the devil in order to get the woman of his dreams.

In the second story, a pious man is rewarded for his prayers.

In the third story, a woman gets bad advice from tradition.

And in the final story, death gives a man a warning, but he fails to see it.

Source: The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores by Eells

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sounds: Birds by...

#magic #mermaid #sacrifice

In the first story, a man has a welcome house guest.

In the second story, all is well after some strategic vomiting.

Source: The Golden Maiden by A. G. Seklemian

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Hay Nare Nare ... Հայ Նարե Նարե ...💚

Sound Effects: G Hua Hin 4:30am by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: The Folklore Podcast- This podcast offers a journey into the fascinating realm of folklore, providing engaging interviews with experts, covering diverse topics ranging from storytelling to film and theater. Additionally, it features a sis...

#panchatantra #india #epic

In the first chapter, we see how the plover can get his eggs back. In the second chapter, we see victor egg rusty and lively into a fight.

Source: The Panchatantra by Arthur W. Ryder

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: 10 min rain by Dustin Steichmann

Music: Amith Nadig - Carnatic Flute - Bilahari Raga

Photo Credit: "Inquisitive Camel" by D-Stanley is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

#turkey #sadness #folktale

In this story we learn why we should know what we are asking for. Also, keep an eye out for strange birds that like to wreck your place of work.

Source: Forty-four Turkish fairy tales by Ignácz Kúnos

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Türk Müzikleri - Yosmam! Tatar Türkçesi! 03 (creative commons)

Sound Effects: Crickers by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Chinese Lore- Classic Chinese Stories, Retold in English A PODCAST BY JOHN ZHU

List...

#sioux #nativeamerican #folktales

In the first story, we hear why it is bad to put the fox in charge of the hen house. And in the second one, we hear about an all consuming greed personified.

Source: Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Eastman and Eastman

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: In The River: A Protest Song - Raye Zaragoza (creative commons)

Sound Effects: nature_fire_burning_crackle_fireplace by Sage Tyrtle (creative commons)

Podcast Shoutout: That Florida Feeling Podcast

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#canada #tricky #folktale

In this story we learn why buying from rabbit might lead to you being eaten by a fox.

Source: Canadian Fairy Tales by Cyrus MacMillan

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Wychwood - Un Canadien errant and Red River Valley (creative commons)

Sound Effects: Bird and Rain by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Smoke and Mirrors podcast

Listener Shoutout: Lilongwe Malawi

Picture credit: Tomah Joseph 1884

#philippines #rice #folktale

In the first story, we see the moon get mad, and the heads begin to roll.

In the second, two brothers have trouble getting enough firewood.

In the third story, we learn why crows and lizards hate each other.

in the final story, we learn about the origins of the rice bird.

Source: Philippine Folk Tales by Mabel Cook Cole

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Ifugao Hudhud (Chants) - Performed by Lagawe Chanters 2021

Sound Effects: Morning Surf at...

#magic #louisiana #folktales

In the first story, we learn why it is important to keep your ears open. In the second, we learn why you don't want to hang out with giants. And in the third, we learn why sleeves are important.

Source: Louisiana folk-tales: in French dialect and English translation by Fortier, Alcée

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: MEDLEY OF SOUTHERN MELODIES by FRED VAN EPS

Sound Effects: The Stay 5am by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: The History of China Podcast

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#korea #nolbu #folktales

In today's story, we learn why it is good to be kind to your fine feathered friends.

Source: Korean Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: 포천38 프린지페스타 폐막식 축하공연/강효정 /춘앵전

Sound Effects: 113119__laklop__dewe-at-night on Freesound.org

Podcast Shoutout: For Your Reference is a TV/Film Review & Interview podcast. Tomatometer-Approved publication and APA Award nominated for Best Arts & Culture podcast. Hosted by your favourite friends and lovers, KT & Oti.

Listener Shoutout: George Town, Cayman Islands

Photo Credit: "Assi supermarket, calabaza" by stevehuang7 is l

#japan #goblin #folktales

In the first story, we learn why you always look in the backroom of haunted houses. And in the second story, we learn about why day care is important.

Source: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: 月桃節 東京月桃三味線　Ghetto Bushi Tokyo Ghetto Shamisen

Sound Effects: 380749__jackattackeditor__nieu-bethesda-karoo-ambience from Freesound.org

Podcast Shoutout: Scene Snobs

Listener Shoutout: Udon Thani (Sign off in Thai)

#india #ruby #folktales

In the first story, a wise wife saves the day by thinking quickly.

In the second story, we learn of the three wise sons of king and who stole their ruby.

And in the final story, we learn that fate is out of the hands of even the most powerful.

Source: Simla Village Tales, by Alice Elizabeth Dracott

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Homepage: Sandman Stories Presents

Music: Ghei Chhand Makarand - Jake Charkey North Indian Cello Hindustani Classical Gayaki Ang<...

#georgia #cinderella #step-mom

In this story, we learn why it is good to listen to cows, why it is smart to comb granny's hair, and why you should be grateful to be left with a dry throat.

Source: Georgian Folk Tales written down by Marjory Wardrop

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Beqa Joxadze & Jg. Aedoni - SImgera Kinofilmidan "Mxiaruli Romani". Live Ar Daidardo

Sound effects: Rain by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Derazzled (movies)

Listener shoutout: Morogoro, City in Tanzania

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#ecuador #president #folktales

In the first story, a cruel plantation owner takes no mercy on a child that eats the forbidden fruit.

In the second story, an old timey guy wants a ride from the taxis, but one driver is hip to his creepy ways.

Source: Thirteen Ecuadorean Legends And A Ghost: Trece Leyendas Ecuatorianas Y Un Fantasma

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Marimba ecuatoriana

Sound Effects: G Hua Hin 430am by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Tales From The Enchanted Forest (folktales)

#bengal #poison #storytelling

In this tale, a son is caught in the act of doing something unpleasant to his queen mother. Will his dad stop and listen, or overreact and lose everything?

Source: Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Bangla Baul Murshidi Gaon || Bised Videos 2021 || Hasen paglar gaon

Sound Effects: Kousheyo Bagchi, XC706001. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/706001

Podcast Shoutout: Mamalyfe

Listener Shoutout: Ballarat Australia

#azores #magic #folktales

Story 1: The laborer outwits his boss.

Story 2: The boyfriend lies to his girlfriend.

Story 3: She can't say "I love you" unless St Brendan and God are the only ones to hear it.

Story 4: Why do peaches look like.....?

Story 5: Perala goes missing. The good lady of the biscuits will help bring her home.

Source: The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: João Nunes, "Fado L...

#armenia #folktale #widow

In this story, a king wants his daughter married off. The only trouble is that she picked the poor widow's son. Will her father ever come around? Enjoy

Source: The Golden Maiden and other folk tales and fairy stories told in Armenia by A.G. Seklemian

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Կանչում եմ՝ արի՜, արի՜. Վիգեն Հովսեփյան (Ֆրանսիայի հրապարակ)

Sound Effects: Front Yard by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Tea Tales and Tomes (excellent show)

Listener Shoutout: Mörön Mongolia

Photo Credit: "Pomegranite" by Garen M. is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

#panchatantra #India #Saga

In the first story we learn why you don't kill baby birds. In the second story, we learn to listen to our elders.

Source: Panchatantra Arthur W Ryder

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: परी नजरिया गाना। नाचा धुन। पंडवानी।।

Sound Effect: Rain and Birds by Dustin Steichmann

Photo Credit: "Bali - Garuda Wisnu Kencana (6 of 12)" by GOC53 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

#turkiye #folktale #magic

In this story, a prince is twice deceived when a dew convinces him that his darling princess has given birth to dogs. Her only chance to be saved is Kamer Taj, the Mon horse. Can wooden horses eat? Can children be turned into dogs?

Source: Forty-four Turkish fairy tales by Ignaz Kunos

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Ali Şahin - Muhteşem Bir Bozlak Dinlemeden Gecme

Sound Effects: Train to ayutthaya by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Not Just Any Book Club A gr...

#sioux #iktomi #folktales

In the first story, we see a trickster sing a song to trick some ducks, only to be tricked himself. That isn't enough for the kids, so they ask for story number two. In the second story, the trickster wants to become an elk, because he thinks that they have an easy life. He finds out that there is no such thing.

Source: Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Eastman and Eastman

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Wychwood - "Un Canadien errant" and "Red River...

#philippines #creation #spirit

In these three stories, we learn about Lumawig, the first peoples in the world, the flood story, and finally how annoying brothers in law can be.

Source: Philippine Folk Tales by Mabel Cook Cole

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Igorot Ifugao Traditional Dance by Elder Women

Sound Effects: Crickers by Dustin Steichmann

Photo credit: "Banaue Philippines Ifugao-Tribesman-01" by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Podcast Shoutout: Getting Down & Wordy hosted by Russell and Hannah

Listener Shoutout: Kraków officially the...

#uganda #folktale

In the first story, we learn about a young woman who loves a man so much, that when he dies, she wants to be burned by the sun. And in the second story, we see what happens when a young woman is made heartless.

Source: The flame tree and other folk-lore stories from Uganda

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Bunyole Song 1

Sound Effects: Dewe at Night by Laklop

Photo Credit: "immature...

#canada #folktale

In this opening story, we learn about the mighty wolf wind and his hunger for flesh. Then we get to meet the creator spirit named Glooscap (Glooskap/Kluscap). From the tragedy of the trees losing their leaves, we are rewarded with birds.

Source: Canadian Fairy Tales by Cyrus MacMillan

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Honour Song

Sound Effects: storm wind in trees by klankbeeld on freesound.org, crickets by Kibranoz on freesound.org

Photo credit: "Terrible Twos" by BozDoz is licensed under CC BY...

#louisiana #creole #folktale

In this story, we hear about how things were back in the old country. The grandson of an enslaved woman tells about things used to be and the story of his own grandmother's enslavement.

Source: Louisiana folk-tales : in French dialect and English translation by Fortier, Alcée, 1856-1914. n 80131622

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: 729396__heckfricker__campfire-02 fom freesound.org

Music: Dance of the Daisies by Edward LaFarge (Percy Wenrich)

Podcast Shoutout: Kpop Sundae

Listener Shoutout: Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal

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#korea #sacrifice

The king wants a big bell to ring throughout the land. He keeps building them and they kept breaking. What is the missing ingredient?

Source: Korean Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: Kitchen Window by Dustin Steichmann

Music: 2021신축년 설맞이한마당 특별공연-광명농악판굿

Podcast Shoutout: Our Show, Know Better hip hop

Listener Shoutout: San Fernando Trinidad

#japan #stepmom

In this story, a young woman loses her mom. She is still a good daughter, but when dad remarries, there is discord in the home. Can staring into a mirror bring mom back?

Source: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound FX: 10 Min Rain by Dustin Steichmann

Music: 歌舞伎舞踊　長唄　汐汲　藤間　沙都若

Podcast Shoutout: Uncanny Japan

Listener Shoutout: Limerick Ireland

Photo Credit: "Bitchu Matsuyama Casle observatory202111-1" by Jogungagon is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

#india #himalaya #folktale

Story 1: The Tiger and The Rats

Story 2: The Adventures of a Bird

Story 3: The Legend of Naldehra Temple

Source: Simla Village Tales, by Alice Elizabeth Dracott

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Sreevidhya Chandramouli with Poovalur Sriji: South Indian Classical Music from Oregon

Photo Credit: "Aobao" by AprilWang2009 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Podcast Shoutout: Crime Divers. Alas the Scottish sisters have ended their show, there are still a ton of episodes, and you can enjoy their massive back catalog of shows. And really, the...

#ghana #goldcoast #mushrooms

In today's story, we learn about passing and paying debts which turns into ants making mushrooms. And in the second story, we learn about why whispering kindly to your crops means that they will turn out well. Heaven help you if you yell at them.

Source: West African Folk-Tales

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: DOBET GNAHORE SINGS IN ACCRA

Sound Effects: Down Chawaeng by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: One Mic- Black History

Listener Shoutout: Daegu, Korea

Photo Credit: "...

#Saqartvelo #georgia #folktale

In this story, a prince has to jump through a whole bunch of hoops after he is promised to a dangerous witch. Will he ever find the golden slippers?

Source: Georgian Folk Tales Translated by Marjory Wardrop

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Folk-Roll - Adjaruli. Radio Ar Daidardo Live

Sound Effects: Backyard by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: The History of Saqartvelo Georgia

Listener Shoutout: Bay of Plenty, NZ

Picture credit: "Golden Slipper" by That Other Paper is licensed un...

#ecuador #galapagos #pirates

In the first story, a drunkard gets taught a lesson by a magical rooster. And in the second story, a pirate hides his treasure, only to have to act like a nut. Listen in and enjoy

Source:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thirteen Ecuadorean Legends And A Ghost: Trece Leyendas Ecuatorianas Y Un Fantasma⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ By Mario Conde

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music:BRUMAS (pasillo) - Camilo Torres Flores y Camilo Torres

Sound Effects: Hugo Caverzasi, XC554285. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/554285; Hugo Caverzasi, XC554279. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/554279

Podcast Shoutout:Ratchet Boo...

#bengal #opium #folktale

In this story, we see a humble mouse work its way up to being a queen. Will it ever be happy? And what does opium have to do with it? listen in and learn

Source:Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music:Pyar tumhara Baba pran hai mera || B K Nisha

Sound Effects: Farm Morning by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout:The Endless Knot

Listener Shoutout:Kohima India

Photo Credit: "Red-Poppy-Flower-Field_283110-480x360" by P...

#azores #islands #saint

In the first story we learn about a bird that helps the holy mother. In the second we learn about a loud mouth bird that gets cursed. In the third we learn why St Peter's mom stands just outside of heaven. And in the final story, we learn about a woman who is turned into an owl.

Source: The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Martín Codax "Mandad'ei comigo". Sephardica & Emilio Villalba

Sound E...

#Armenia #Folklore #giant

In this story, a young prince named Bedik meets an invincible giant who loves a foreign princess. Bedik promises to get that princess for him, and then regrets it. Will they end up together?

Source: The Golden Maiden and other folk tales and fairy stories told in Armenia A. G. Seklemian

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: Heavier Rain by Dustin Steichmann

Music: Գուսան Շահեն- Էլինարի մոր երգը Gusan Shahen-Elinari mor erge

Podcast Shoutout: Nuzzle House grumpy old man and public domain.

Listener shoutout: Snea...

#panchatantra #india #saga

In the first story, we learn why it is bad to talk with your mouth full. And in the second story we learn why it is best to plan ahead or at least fake it, lest you be beaten.

Source: ⁠Panchatantra Arthur W Ryder⁠

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: ⁠Amith Nadig - Carnatic Flute - Bilahari Raga

Sound Effects: Down Chaweng by Dustin Steichmann

Photo Credit: "Myrtle the Turtle" by SeeMidTN.com (aka Brent) is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

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#Turkey #folktales

In this story, there are forty brothers. They want forty brides from the same mother. It's a pretty tall task, especially when the brothers keep ignoring their dad's advice.

Source: ⁠Forty-four Turkish fairy tales by Kunos, ignacz⁠

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Ali Şahin - Muhteşem Bir Bozlak | Dinlemeden Gecme

Sound Effects: wind and trees and snow.WAV by tim.kahn -- https://freesound.org/s/253899/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0, Calm Place: Birds Singing at Beytepe Campus Ankara,Turkey by erinculusoy -- htt...

#sioux #lakota #folktales

In the first story, we learn about being neighborly. And in the second story we learn about lucky hunting nuts.

Source: WIGWAM EVENINGS SIOUX FOLK TALES RETOLD

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Silent Night: *Sung In Lakota - Tiana Spotted Thunder

Sound Effects: Frog Forest by absent1010

Photo Credit: "North American Badger (Taxidea taxus)" by Jon David Nelson is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Podcast Shoutout: It's A Continent- Making Africa’s history accessible to all

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#filipino #folktale

Today is a mixed bag of six tales all taken from Mabel Cook Cole's work focused on Itneg folklore. We have the wrong gifts, we have a turtle who is tired of a lizard, and we have a boy who turns into stone. Follow along and enjoy this sixfer

Source: Philippine Folk Tales by Mabel Cook Cole

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Field's Butterfly (Paru-Parong Bukid)

Sound Effects: Black-crowned Pitta by tallareta

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#Nigeria #folktales

In these six stories, you learn about the whip and chop trees, about Tortoise's enemies, about why crabs and tortoises don't get along, about chicken dinners and pigeons for friends, and about accurate weather forecasts.

Source: Yoruba Legands by Ogumefu, M. I.

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: OWU AWA CULTURAL FESTIVAL, IMO STATE, NIGERIA 2024 - D

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#louisiana #folktale #devil

What would you do if you married the devil? Would you bring his rooster three sacks? would you grab dirty eggs? Listen and find out

Source: Louisiana folk-tales : in French dialect and English translation by Fortier, Alcée, 1856-1914. n 80131622 Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Buskers John and Lyle in New Orleans

Sound Effects: Heavier Rain by Dustin Steichmann

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#korea #folktales

A poor farming couple has no kids. One day their pond starts to dry up. It turns out that there is a talking bullfrog living in their pond. Would he make a good adopted son?

Source: Korean Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: 액맥이타령 - 달성민속예술연합회

Sound Effects: Stream6.wav by sonicport -- https://freesound.org/s/165877/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

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#japan #folktales #story

In today’s story, we learn about the bamboo cutter and the moon child. It’s an old tale of the childless couple and a special child sent from the gods. They have trouble when the moon child is ready for marriage. Can the princely brothers complete her tasks? Will anyone marry princess Moonbeam?

Source: Japanese Fairy Tales COMPILED BY by Yei Theodora Ozaki

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: 秋の七草 Семь осенних цветов Seven Autumn Flowers

Sound Effects: Long Frogs by Dustin Steichmann

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#india #folktales

In the first story, a man is off to seek his fortune. During his travels, he solves many a mystery. But will he get his own wealth?

In the second story, three wise men save the kidnapped princess, do they all deserve a share of her?

and in the third story, we has some Freaky Friday type body swap stuff going on. Will everyone be okay with 13 going on 30?

Source: Simla Village Tales, by Alice Elizabeth Dracott

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#ghana #folktales

In the first story, we learn why man is the least trustworthy animal. In the second, we learn why tigers won't attack you unless provoked. And in the final story, we learn the meaning of "half kills one, one kills three, and three kills seven". It isn't a math riddle I promise.

Source: WEST AFRICAN FOLK-TALES COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY W. H. BARKER B.Sc. AND CECILIA SINCLAIR

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Kakraba Lobi work song for roof building

Sound Effects: Long Frogs by...

#georgia #folktale

In the first story, a snake helps a man, but the man hurts it. Can they become friends again?

and in the second story, one brother hogs all the bread and leaves his brother to starve. Luckily, he finds an old mill and is rewarded, much like the Armenian story of only a few episodes ago.

Source: Georgian Folk Tales by Marjory Scott Wardrop

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Adjaruli. Radio Ar Daidardo Live

Sound Effects: Rio Stava in Pampeago by GirlWithSoundRecorder...

#ecuador #folktales

In the first story, a guest is shown some hospitality by one of the servants. He repays the kind gesture with information that saves the servant's life. and in the second story, a Spanish colonizer tries to trick a boy out of some gold, but the boy's father is much wiser.

Source: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Thirteen Ecuadorean Legends And A Ghost: Trece Leyendas Ecuatorianas Y Un Fantasma⁠⁠⁠⁠ By Mario Conde

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Inti Illimani - San Juanito

Sound Effects: 10 minute rain- Dustin Steichmann "Lago San Pablo" by Guillaume Lavaure is licens...

#bengal #folktale

In this story, a father is insulted when his daughter claims to earn her own living. She is exiled and only has her nursemaid and her work box. Will she survive the ordeal? Will she be able to save the sick prince? Tune in and find out!

Source: Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Arshad Ali Khan Classical Raag II Kirana Gharana

Sound Effects: Amazon Forest by jonasrocha -- https://freesound.org/s/159583/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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#azores #folktale

In the first story, a "wise man" tells a king to lock up his daughter for 20 years to keep her without a bone. I wonder what that means. And in the second story, the daughter of Jupiter is seen by a couple of priests and decides to become a flower to help people.

Source: The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores by Eells

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Tic_Tac_Fado_Instrumental care of Wiki Commons

Sound Effects: NC Night...

#armenia #folklore

Today we are back in the book of Armenian folktales written down by A.G. Seklemian. In the first story, a man goes looking for luck and finds his answer in a lion’s mouth. And in the second, it pays to be kind and it costs to be stingy.

Source: ⁠⁠Armenian Folk Tales collected by A.G. Seklemian Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Hay Nare Nare ... Հայ Նարե Նարե ...💚

Sound Effects: NC Night Forest .wav by Lasdimot -- https://freesound.org/s/405515/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

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#halloween #ghoststory

In this final Halloween story, uncle catches a late train back to the family home. When he gets there, he spends the night in a room alone, but someone is banging on the window bars. In the morning, uncle is in a terrible state. What did he see?

Source: INDIAN GHOST STORIES S. MUKERJI

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: z3r0 - The Sill | Indian Horror/Mystery

Sound Effects: 20140212 - Chiang Rai mountains at night 05.wav by LG -- https://freesound.org/s/345150/ -- License...

#halloween #horror

In this story, a rich French student comes home with a strange gift: the dried hand of a murderer. Is it an innocent prank, or something much deadlier?

Source: Twenty-Five Ghost Stories COMPILED AND EDITED BY W. BOB HOLLAND

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: Zapsplat

Music: Myuu-Outcast

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#halloween #spooky

In the first story, a man is distraught to find his new bride dead. How will their baby be taken care of?

And in the second story, a witch dies, but not before asking her grand daughter to do something to keep the demons away.

Source: Russian Fairy Tales by W. R. S. Ralston

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: Zapsplat

Music: Myuu - Tragic Story

Photo Credit: "Babushka" by Morgan Jones is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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#Halloween #ghost

In this story, a man is met by the ghost of a monk. It isn't super scary, but it is a bit worrying when a ghost gives you a dagger that he was ended with. Enjoy Halloween

Source: St Andrews Ghost Stories BY W. T. LINSKILL

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Winter Nights - Spooky & Scary Dramatic Classical Music (cello and viola)- Halloween serie -

Sound Effects: "Ambience, Night Wildlife, A.wav" by InspectorJ is licensed under CC BY 4.0. "Tawny Owls 2.wav" by Benboncan is li...

#halloween #spooky

In this story, a man is staying at a small guest house. While in a locked room, something creepy slides across his face. When he wakes up, there is no one there. Was it a ghost or something scarier?

Source: Ghost stories edited by James Miller

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: “Ethereal Darkness" | Horror Piano Soundtrack by Iron Stronghold Productions (creative Commons)

Sound Effects: Zapsplat.com

Photo Credit: "Jeweler's Hands" by No Door An Aperture is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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#panchatantra #epic

In the first story, Lively and Victor continue their conversation and Victor begins to worry about Rusty getting hurt. And in the second story, the Plover tells his wife that he can beat the ocean.

Source: Panchatantra Arthur W Ryder

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Amith Nadig - Carnatic Flute - Bilahari Raga

Sound Effects: 113997__heigh-hoo__winterbeach on Freesound.org Photo Credit "Crab Plover" by Koshyk is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

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#turkey #folktale

In this story, a young man is fatherless and needs to make his way in the world. Will a crow lead him astray? Will the Lala kill him off?

Source: Forty-four Turkish fairy tales by Kunos, ignacz

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Istanbul Dervish Cafe music by tagirov -- https://freesound.org/s/165192/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

Sound Effects: Gentle ocean waves birdsong and gull.WAV by jackmichaelking -- https://freesound.org/s/518637/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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#sioux #folktale

In the first story, we learn why nobody likes a braggart, and in the second story, we learn why you don’t go sticking your hands in cracks after midnight.

Source: Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Eastman and Eastman

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Windtalker and the Big One Live - Native American flute music by Randy “Windtalker” Motz

Sound Effects: Fire burning with crackle, inside fireplace from Zapsplat

Photo Credit: "Raccoon" by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region ...

#southafrica #folklore

In the first story, Lion gets tied to a bush, but can't catch the culprit. In the second story, the moon tells man that they will die and come back like her, but the rabbit just doesn't listen. And in the third story, Chameleon is given the task of telling men that they will live forever, but he is too slow in getting that message to them.

Source: SOUTH-AFRICAN FOLK-TALES BY JAMES A. HONEŸ, M.D.

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Mbube) world-known choral group South Africa l...

In the first story, a man just wants to find some fire to roast a pig, but he comes across an Alan's house instead. What will he do?

In the second story, a man plays dead and gets a reward from the Alans, but they wouldn't really burn down his house, would they?

And in the third story, Sogsogot goes on a wild adventure and his ghost wife makes him throw feathers at other ghosts. Wild.

Source: Philippine Folk Tales, by Mabel Cook Cole

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

#yoruba #nigeria #folktale

In the first story, the king promises his daughter, but then goes back on his word. In the second story, Tortoise wants to know how his neighbor gets so rich. And in the third story, Tortoise plays tug of war, but pulls more than his weight.

Source: Yoruba Legands by Ogumefu, M. I.

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: Lagos at night by jilla2021 on freesound

Music: Ayinla Omowura

Photo Credit: "Baby Elongated Tortoise, Indotestudo elongata in Kaeng Krachan national park" by tontantravel is licensed und...

#louisiana #folktale

In the first story, we have echoes of sleeping beauty without out all of the kissing sleeping women thing. In the second one, a dad learns why the butcher's meat is so cheap. And in the final story, Dumb John proves that he isn't a dumb as people think.

Source: Louisiana Folk-tales: In French Dialect and English Translation by Alcée Fortier

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: On My Way to New Orleans by COLLINS AND HARLAN; Macdonald; Von Tilzer

Sound Effects: Frogs by Dustin S...

#korea #folktale

Ever wonder how writing came to Japan? Listen to this hot propaganda track about how the Japanese people came to Korea and took people of learning.

Source: KOREAN FAIRY TALES BY WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: 해.품.달. 커버영상. (피리.생황) kim bo ri

Sound Effects: Rain too by Dustin Steichmann Photo credit: "Peddler merchants of Joseon Dynasty" by KOREA.NET - Official page of the Republic of Korea is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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#japan #folktale

In this story, the main character is afraid of death. To cure this, he is sent to the land where people never die, founded by Xu Fu (Jofuku). Turns out, this isn't a great option either. What's a guy to do?

Source: Japanese Fairy Tales COMPILED BY by Yei Theodora Ozaki

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: SCO音乐摘录 - Song of Night 《夜歌》

Sound Effects: 7am Farm by Dustin Steichmann

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#india #folktale

In the first story, a boy is rescued by a magic bull who gives him sweets. What could make him forget such a friend? In the second story, a brahmin gets greedy and loses out on riches. And in the final story, the Raja loses a bet to his wife, but then he kicks her out. What is she to do?

Source: Simla Village Tales, by Alice Elizabeth Dracott

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Live tribal Traditional folk music of the ancient India

Sound Effects: Kitchen Window by...

#ghana #folktale

In today's stories we will meet the worst child ever, a super speedy chameleon, and Anansi's greed. Enjoy these stories from Barker and Sinclaire.

Source: West African Folk-Tales, by William Henry Barker

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Rocking Kumasi Asuoyeboa

Sound Effects: Front Yard by Dustin Steichmann

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#georgia #kartli #folktale

An apple a day keeps the nine headed devi away. Also, be sure your mom isn't sending you off on errands that might get you killed. Enjoy!

Source: Georgian Folk Tales Translated by Marjory Wardrop

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: SHIDA KARTLI - region in Georgia(with music Meufe Zenoni ) - by GEORGIAN svani

Sound Effects: Let's ZZZ part three by Dustin Steichmann

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#ecuador #folktale

In this episode we learn about a girl who never cries. Her tears are said to be the cure for the world, but who can make her cry? And in the second story, Source: ⁠⁠⁠Thirteen Ecuadorean Legends And A Ghost: Trece Leyendas Ecuatorianas Y Un Fantasma⁠⁠⁠ By Mario Conde

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: night_on_the_river by WilliamDauricio on freesound.org

Toucan recording: XC821017 · Yellow-throated Toucan on xeno-canto.org recorded by rudy gelis

Music: carnaval de Quito danza zambiceña Creative Commons

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#bengal #folklore

In this story, the king wants a baby, and then with a new queen everything goes sideways. Anyone for a slice of mango?

Source: Folk-Tales of Bengal by the Rev. Lal Behari Day

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: মুর্শিদি গান –murshidi gan village song

Sound Effects: coldwater_stream_01 by tim.kahn on freesound.org

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#Azores #folktale

In this story, three sisters get what they asked for, but some of them aim too low and get jealous. What happens when the king listens to them?

Source: ⁠The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores by Eells

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Desgarrada, "Fado Mouraria" - "Quadras soltas"

Sound Effects: Ocean Crete by norwayjohn on freesound dot org

Photo: By unknown Portuguese - Scan from my book: Reis de Portugal: Fernando II by Rita Gomes, Public Domain, ht...

#Armenia #folklore

In the story we read about some amazing twins. It has echoes of a Turkish tale from before, and one from Bengal but that is no surprise. Source: ⁠Armenian Folk Tales collected by A.G. Seklemian

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: DUDUK Martin Kazaryan - Amen aravot

Sound Effects: Frogs_01.WAV by eyecandyuk

Podcast shoutout: Radio Omniglot

Listener Shoutout: Bender District Moldova

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Photo Credit: "Թանգարանի շենք. Հայաստանի ազգագրության պետական թանգարանը, ArmAg (21)" by Armineaghayan is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Music Suggestion: Matata-Inakubalika Swahili funky music

#panchatantra #india #folktale In chapter 15 a swan is killed because of a bad omen. In chapter 16, a Camel named ugly goes along with the crowd to disastrous effect. Source: ⁠⁠Panchatantra translated by Arthur W Ryder⁠⁠ Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music: Tungna Tamang Selo By Bir Bahadur B.K Sound Effects: file0268.wav by soundstew on Freesound.org "Kamel" by greger.ravik is licensed under CC BY 2.0. "Swan on Ticino River in Sesto Calende, Lobardy, Italy" by www.ralfsteinberger.com is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

#Turkey #Folklore

A tale as old as time: a boy breaks a jar and is cursed to love something difficult. Will his older brothers do the right thing? of course not. Let's go

Source: ⁠Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales [1913] by Ignácz Kúnos

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Türk Müzikleri - Yosmam! Tatar Türkçesi! (a really good song!)

Sound Effects: AMBIENCE 1 CRICKETS AT NIGHT.wav by MessyAcousticApocalypse666 on freesound.org

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#sioux #lakota #storytelling

Today we are back in the book of Sioux folktales written down by Charles Eastman. We are entering the third and fourth nights where we hear about an eagle and a beaver and then about the war party.

Source: Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Eastman and Eastman

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Dakota Hostiles Singers Intertribal Song Powwow Times

Sound Effects: Field_ambience_6.wav by pan14 on Freesound.org

Podcast Shoutout: Nuzzle House- Public domain stories read by your neighborhood curmudgeon. Enjoy!

#southafrica #folklore

Today we are back in the book of south african folklore written down by James A Honey. In the first story, a lion pretends to be a woman and the kraal mother needs some milk. In the second story, Jackal gives the sun a piggy back ride. And in the third story, horse messes up and is cursed to know death.

Source: ⁠South-African Folk-Tales by James A. Honey⁠ Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: 704917__geoffvt__zulu-drums-dumazulu

Sound Effects: 328136__maynardkenmuir__ambience-monring-garden on freesound.org

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#philippines #folktale

In the first story, a super man has a very unattractive mum and gets tricked into marrying the wrong woman. In the second story, a man finds a surprise in a cave, but on his way back, the treasures vanish. And in the final story, a Tinguian man learns why blankets shouldn’t look like bacon.

Source: Philippine Folk Tales by Mabel Cook Cole

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Igorot Ifugao Traditional Dance by Elder Women

Sounds Effects: summer meadow near village in the morning by Garuda1982

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Today we are back in the book of Nigerian folklore written down by M.I. Ogumefu. In the first story, a wife gives away something she doesn’t know is invaluable. In the second story, a parrot cannot lie and causes its owners plenty of headaches. And in the third story, some nobles send societal exiles to the new capital in order to spook the king.

Source: Yoruba Legands by M.I. Ogumefu

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: AMBForst_Edge Of The forest.Birds.Deaf cuckoo.Cuculus optatus 1_EM.wav

#louisiana #folktale

In this story, rabbit likes to get drunk and beat his lioness wife. Will the elephants intervene?

Source: Louisiana Folk-tales: In French Dialect and English Translation by ⁠⁠Alcée Fortier⁠⁠

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: 729396__heckfricker__campfire-02 on Freesound.org

Music: Old Hen Cackle by Coleman and Harper

Podcast Shoutout: The Family Plot

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Music suggestion: Magestic Legend (this is a guy I know f...

#korea #folktale

In the first story, we hear the Korean version of the folktale explaining the milky way. You can hear that story in episode 159 from over a year ago. And the second story is about a dancing woman who saves the nation.

Source: Korean Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: steady late night rain.WAV By mshahen

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Music: [한국 남도 민요] 대감 놀이,명창,명인---묵계월,지연화 Traditional music from southern Korea.

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#Japan #folktale #Cinderella

Today we are back in the book of Japanese folklore written down by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Tonight’s story is about a princess that does everything right, but is still hated by her step mother. Like Cinderella, but from a few thousand years ago.

Source: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: winterbeach.wav

Music: 月桃節 東京月桃三味線　Ghetto Bushi Tokyo Ghetto Shamisen

Listener Shoutout: Montreal Canada

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Photo Credit: Woodblock print by Yoshitoshi, from ''Twenty-four Accomplishments of Imperi

#india #folktale

Welcome back listeners to Sandman Stories Presents, a folklore podcast where I read you to sleep or until the next story, I’m your host, Dustin. Today we are back in the book of Indian folklore written down in the Shimla Village tales recorded by Alice Dracott. In the first story, a prince is helped out by a monkey, who wants nothing more than to go home. And in the second story, the Jackal wants to be treated like a king, but there is confusion in his hoo ha.

Source: ⁠SIML...

#ghana #folktale

Today we are back in the book of Ghanaian folklore written down by W.H. Barker. In the first story, we learn how to bull yourself out of a court case. In the second, we learn why Rams live at home while the leopard lives in the forest. And in the final story, we learn about biting the cat that feeds you and why Leopards are like nascar drivers.

Source: ⁠⁠West African folk-tales by Barker, William Henry, 1882-; Sinclair, Cecilia

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: GHAMSU Choir UCC - Highlife medl...

#Georgia #folktale

In this story the prince is unable to find love until he unseals his fate and stabs a sick lady.

Source: ⁠Georgian Folk Tales by Marjory Wardrop Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: ANDRANIK SARKAVAG TOTIK YAR Andranik sarkavag Manukyan

Sound Effects: Hua Hin 4:30am by Dustin Steichmann

and XC685015 - Eurasian Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus satunini.mp3 by Ding Li Yong

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#ecuador #folklore

Today we are back in the book of Ecuadorian folklore written down by Mario Conde. A big thank you to him for letting me record these stories. In the first story, we learn about the origin of biting insects. In the second story, from deep in the amazon, we learn about how the Shuar women learned to grow crops.

Source: ⁠⁠Thirteen Ecuadorean Legends And A Ghost: Trece Leyendas Ecuatorianas Y Un Fantasma⁠⁠ By Mario Conde

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects:

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#Bengal #folktale

Today we are back in the book of Bengal folklore written down by Lal Behari Day. In today’s story we will learn about Swet Basanta. There are a couple of words I want you to know before we get into the story. Almirah is a closet or wardrobe. Ghataks are professional marriage brokers. Manik is a great jewel of incomparable beauty. And a howdah is a fancy seat for riding elephants. Please don’t ride elephants.

Source: Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day 1912

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: মুর্শিদি গান –murshidi gan village song Duration: 00:24:14

#azores #folktale

Today we are back in the book of Azorean folklore written down by Elsie Spicer Eells. In the first story, a tween king tries to kill the girl he is fated to marry. And in the second one, we get what could be a distant cousin of Snow White.

Source: The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores by Eells

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Coimbra - R. Ferrão (classical guitar)

Sound Effects: Night Field by SinewaveLab Photo Credit "Snow White:‘Someday your pri...

#Armenia #folktale

In this story, a man’s kindness is repaid many fold, but is tricked out of his riches by a lying thief with echoes of Aladdin. There is also a bit of Urashima Taro (episode 76) in taking care of animals and paying people to leave them alone. And a tiny echo of episode 106 from Korea where the dog needs to keep something precious in its mouth.

Source: Armenian Folk Tales collected by A.G. Seklemian

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Ashot Ghevondyan - Erevan (popuri) Աշոտ Ղևոնդյան - Երևան (Պոպուրի) Ашот Гевондян -Ереван

Sound effects: 10 Minute Rain by Dustin Steichmann...