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#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 lic...

#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: B...

#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 Sounds: thai-jungle-waterfal...

#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 Podc...

#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: A...

#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...

#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 Tal...

#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 Narra...

#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: Adjar...

#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...

#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:...

#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...

#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...

#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: 2...

#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 Photo Credit: " Egyptian Mummy - Hands " by  █ Slices of Light █▀ ▀ ▀  is licensed un...

#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: " Babush...

#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: " Am...

#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) S...

#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 Pho...

#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...

#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...

#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-...

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. Sour...

#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...

#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...