Sandman Stories Presents

Another story from Himachel Pradesh and the Shimla village area, as gathered by Alice Dracott ( Simla Village Tales ). This story tells the tale of a rich Rajah and his six rich wives and his one poor one. Unable to have kids, he asks a Fakhir to help him. Only his poor wife listens to the instructions and so only she has children, six boys and one girl. The jealous wives bribe the midwife to get...

This time the story comes from ancient Persia. It is the story of a mouse who insults a cat and is killed for his offense. The cat then prays to Allah and promises to reform himself. The mice believe that he has repented and thus bring him gifts to thank him for not eating them anymore. The cat thinks that Allah has blessed him with a feast after fasting. This leads to all out war between the cats...

This story broadly follows the tale of the Bremen Town Musicians. Dog is too old and so has to leave home. Dog meets other animals. Animals find a house full of food and thieves. Animals scare away the thieves. Thieves come back and get their butts kicked. And everyone lives happily ever after. Narrator: Dustin Steichmann ( links ) Source: South African Folk Tales by James A Honey  Ambient so...

This is the story of an king who wants to build the perfect church, but he is lacking one thing. When he finally gets the monk to tell him what he is missing, his three sons have to set off to find it. The youngest does the hard work of finding it and bringing it back, only to be stuck in a well by his two older brothers. Will the church ever have the right ingredients? Source: The Golden Maiden b...

The story of a young woman who is left an orphan after her parents pass away. The last thing her mother does for her, is to place a bowl on her head, to hide her beauty from the world. The woman is diligent and works hard, focusing all her energy on being a good person. She is hired into a house to take care of a sick wife, and there, meets the son of the house who falls in love with her. Will she...

Here are three tales from the West African country of Ghana, traditional to the Akan people. The first story tells about the trickster Anansi, who get the great god Nyankupon to rename the stories in Anansi's honor. The second story tells of how Anansi wants to keep all of the knowledge in a jar, but finds out that there is still more knowledge out there. The third story is of Anansi and his neigh...

#Turkiye #folktales This is the story of a young prince who is cursed after breaking an old woman's jugs. He must find the three orange Peris otherwise he will certainly die. It is not easy to find them, even harder to keep them, and with the help of an evil hearted and somewhat spotted servant, he almost loses everything. Source: Forty-Four Turkish Tales  Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music: Tu...

This is the story of Longstaff, a strong young man from the city. He is raised by his mom in the woods and then comes back to his dad and demands a giant metal staff be made. He then goes on an adventure and meets two other strong men and they move in together. Add in a few princesses, a dwarf with red boots, and a seven headed serpent, and you have the makings of a true adventure. Book: The Islan...

This is the story of Mr Kim, a lazy father who lives in the mountains. His wife sends him away one day to find something to help feed the kids. While he is walking, he finds an ancient stone Buddha carved in the side of a mountain. Growing on top is the biggest, juiciest pear he has ever seen, but how can he get up there? Story: W. E. Griffis (1922)   Music: 서원숙 Seo Wonsook with the song...

These four stories come from Simla Village Tales retold by Alice Elizabeth Dracott. The first is a battle of bragging rights between the owl and the kite. The second is how the bird learns to keep his mouth shut when it comes to other's suffering. The third is about a woman who listen to the animals and find's the dead man's ring The fourth is the origin of death. Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music...

In the first story, a boy displays the ideals of being a good son and student. In the end he turns out to be a great man. The story illustrates the confusionist ideals of the time.  In the second story, a hunter is moved by the bird's generosity and thus gives up hunting. The moral is to take care of one another. No podcast or listener shout out on this one because I recorded it before I star...

These three stories all have Jackal as a main character. Some are too short to be their own story, so I lumped them all together. The stories are: The Jackal and The Wolf ; A Jackal and A Wolf ; and The Lion, The Jackal, and The Man . From the book South African Folktales by James A Honey . In the first story Jackal is smart, but wolf isn't so lucky. In the second story, Jackal is just mean t...

In this chapter, Victor tells Lively the story of the Merchant Strong-Tooth who loses and then wins the king's favor. This convinces Lively to go meet Rusty the king, and the two become fast friends. That doesn't go so well for Victor who is soon out of a job. Music: Dhani Gundecha & Madhuvanti Murali Mohan with Dhrupad & Rudra Veena duet Creative Commons  Book: The Panchatantra trans...

The two princes get along fine. One brother hunts, while the other one fishes. Trouble comes when the younger one asks to switch and then loses his brother's magic fishing hook. Prince Fire-Fade must travel under the sea to retrieve the missing hook. Story: Mrs. T.H. James (https://archive.org/details/princesfireflash00jameiala/mode/2up) Music: Etsuko Chida Omoigawa from Shsk'h Vol.02 - Koto Kumiu...

In story number one, Elsie Spicer Eells tells the story of why dogs always sniff each other. Will they ever find the dog who brought the pepper? In story number two, Simon comes to the aid of the snakes and is rewarded, but if he tells about his rewards he will die. Can he resist telling about his secret? Story One: Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores by Elsie Spicer Ee...

This is the story of a one of the emperors of China, whose ancestors were Manchu, who was embarrassed because his family did not have a good origin story. So an old woman of the court tells the story of how his ancestor is born from the gods. Fancha lived in Manchuria and after his family was killed he fled south to the Tumen River. When that was was not recorded. There is a lot of overlap with th...

The story of the Tricky Monkey who does not want to be eaten. When the man traps him under a tree and then again in a box, how will the monkey escape? Narrator: Dustin Steichmann  Fairy Tales From Brazil How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-lore By Elsie Spicer Eels  Illustrations by Helen M. Barton.  Book Available at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24714 Sound effects by Zapspl...

These are the second and third stories I have read from the book. The Monkey works for his uncle for a while and gets some pretty cool toys. Wolf and Jackal are a bit jealous and try to steal the magic bow away from him. It all ends in a wild mess in the courtroom. In story two, Tiger has never seen a Ram before and is a bit frightened by the loud animal. When Jackal tries to convince Tiger to eat...

The King of the fish falls ill and the only thing that can cure his illness is Rabbit Eyes.     Author: William Elliot Griffis (1922)  Narrator: Dustin Steichmann  Music used in the story:   [ 서원숙 - 가야금 ] 심상건 풍류_염불도드리~타령(국악음반_레이블소설) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cBU2hdWDOo Sound FX by Zapsplat

This is the third installment of the Loss of Friends book in the Panchatantra. In this story the Jackal finds out that not all things that make noise are powerful. At the same time Victor finds out that the awful animal making all of the noise is just a Bull. He decides to play the Bull off of Rusty the Lion King and take advantage of the situation. Rusty feels reassured, but is doesn't completely...

My first story from the continent of Africa. This story comes from South Africa. This is the story of how the ants lost their sense of unity, and scattered into many different living places. If you notice, ants live in a lot of different places. If they only listened to the god of the insects, they would know how to overcome, but sadly the messenger got lost and the ants never caught that lesson....

This is the story of the 81st prince who is ignored by his older brothers, a hare that tries to trick crocodiles, and a princess that sees the good in people.  Narrator: Dustin Steichmann  Music in the story: Ishikari Lore by Kevin MacLeod courtesy of Youtube Studio  Told by Mrs. T.H. James; 1892;  Griffith, Farran & Co. in London & Sydney.  https://en.wikipedia.or...

In the first story, a man's greed costs him dearly. In the second story, Chickens learn how to live with the old mountain turtle. Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Story by Mary Hayes Davis and Chow-Leung From the book "Chinese Fables and Folk Tales" (1908) Music: Yuan Xiao All Stories available on youtube Sandman Stories Presents   The entire book will be published as a patreon gift to any support...

In this story, a great general is embarrassed before the king. He tries again and again to right this wrong, but he still has strong feelings in his heart. Finally, the man who wronged him realizes his errors and makes everything right, just in time for war with another nation. I hope you enjoy and perhaps get some sleep,   Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Story by Mary Hayes Davis and Chow-Leung From...

This is the story telling how bananas came to be associated with monkeys. With a close relation to the tar baby fable, the Big Monkey gets stuck to the Wax Child and can only get out with the help of a big, powerful friend. Narrator: Dustin Steichmann  Fairy Tales From Brazil How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-lore By Elsie Spicer Eells  Illustrations by Helen M. Barton.  Book Av...