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Sandman Stories Presents

Dustin Steichmann

Tired but can"t fall asleep? Here I do my best to find interesting stories from the public domain and read them to you until you fall asleep. The stories are mostly folktales from around the world. Best listened to during work, during commutes, when you are trying to fall asleep, or any time that you need a calm friend to read to you. Enjoy! All of my links can be found here~ https://linktr.ee/Sandmanstoriespresents

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EP 80: Armenia- Zoolvisia (զուլվիզիա)

Sandman Stories Presents ·

2021/06/16

This story is of a king who is poisoned and his son who goes off to avenge him. The trouble is that the person who slayed his father isn't a warrior, but an enchanted princess who just wants to be left alone. Eventually he falls for her, but he must break her magic spell before he can talk to her. Even after winning her over, his trials are not over. Will they live happily ever after? Will the witch steal her away? What can the magic fairies do to help? Source: The Golden Maiden and other folk tales

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EP 79: Ghana- Tit for Tat and Why The White Ants...

Sandman Stories Presents ·

2021/06/09

In the first Anansi story, there is a great famine. Everyone is looking for food. Anansi's son, Kweku Tsin is able to find food, but declines to tell his father where because he knows of his father's greed. Well, by trickery, Anansi learns where the meat is and plans to make himself fat. To get back at him, Kweku Tsin tries to convince Anansi that the gods are mad at him. Will it work? In the second story, Anansi is pretending to take his dead grandfather's body home, when really it is a dead

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00:13:59

EP 78: Turkey- Kara Mustafa the Hero

Sandman Stories Presents ·

2021/06/02

In this story, Kara Mustafa starts off as a complete coward. His wife is so ashamed that she leaves him in the middle of nowhere in the dead of night. After this, he takes his rage out on a swarm of flies and proclaims that he killed 60 with one stroke and 70 with a second stroke. He is found by some Dews, which are evil fairies. The believe that he is much stronger than he really is. They test him and he amazes them. But how will he ever go back home? Source: Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales

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EP 77: Russia- The Fiend (Упырь Upyr)

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2021/05/26

In this story, Marusia falls in love and is to be wed to a mysterious young man. It turns out that he is not a good guy. He likes to have forbidden snacks in church. Marusia sees him snacking and he confronts her. When she lies to him, he curses her mother, father, and Marusia herself. Babushka to the rescue! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fiend Source: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-Lore collected by W. R. S. RALSTON Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music: Russian folk song "Luchinushka" /

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00:26:53

EP 76: Japan- Urashima Taro (浦島太郎)

Sandman Stories Presents ·

2021/05/19

This is the story of Urashima Taro. He is a legendary fisherman with a kind heart. After saving a tortoise from some boys, he is rewarded with a trip to the palace of Rin Jin, the Sea King. The tortoise that he saves is no other than the princess, whom Urashima falls madly in love with. But he faces a dilemma: does he stay with his love, or does he go back and take care of his aging parents? Listen and find out Source: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki (1908) Narrator: Dustin

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EP 75: Bengal- The Bald Wife ন্যাড়া বউ

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2021/05/13

Today's story is that of two wives. One is young, pretty, and mean. The other is older, nearly bald, and kind. After a bit of magic from a holy man, one of the wives is beautiful and has an arm full of precious gifts. The other one comes home frightfully ugly and absolutely poor. Which one is which? Source: Folk-Tales of Bengal retold by Lal Behari Day (1912) Music: আমার হৃদ কমলো মঞ্চে দোলে করালো বদনী II Hrid Kamal Manche Dole Shamya Sangeet ramprasad sen Creative Commons Sound Effects: Birds on

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EP 74: South Africa- Lion and Jackal + Tink Tinkje

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2021/05/06

In the first story the Tigers, not Lion, decide to send their seven children to study with Jackal. Under the guise of teaching the Tiger children, Jackal convinces the parents to stay away while the children get used to studying away from them. One by one the children disappear until finally Jackal is gone. In the second story, the birds want to decide who is the king of all the birds. They all argue about who is the best and finally they decide on the bird who can fly the highest. Vulture can fly

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EP 73: Ghana- Thunder and Anansi + Why the Lizard...

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2021/04/28

Here are two tales from the West African country of Ghana, traditional to the Akan people. The first story tells about the trickster Anansi, who meets Thunder and is greeted with a magic pot. Instead of feeding his family, greed makes him hide his magic pot. When his family finds the pot, trouble ensues for Anansi. The second story tells of how Anansi tricks the three princesses into revealing their names, only to have Lizard win the princesses for his wives. One thing you never want to do, is to

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EP 72: Philippines- Aponibolinayen and the Sun

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2021/04/21

This week's story tells of the young woman, Aponibolinayen, who is magically lifted to the heavens by the siksiklat vine. She shows the Sun, Ini-Init, how to make fish soup with only a boiled stick. When she comes back her family, they wonder who her husband is. They send betel nuts to bring all of the people to the wedding, but her husband avoids it until he cannot stand it any more. Will they find happiness? Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Source: Philippine Folk Tales Retold by Mabel Cook Cole

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EP 71: Korea- A Bridegroom for Miss Mole

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2021/04/15

This story comes from Korea, but has cousins in all the world of folklore. It is a classic story of who is the strongest. Is it the Sun? the Clouds? The mighty stone Buddha? Listen to this tale of Mole Father looking for the strongest son-in-law. Source: Korean Fairy Tales W.E. Griffis (1922) Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music: [ 서원숙 - 가야금 ] 심상건 산조 및 풍류 중 '중모리~자진모리'(국악음반_레이블소설) Seo WonSook - Gayageum Creative Commons 2.0 문의 guksuldang@gmail.com / 070-7537-1578 Listener shout out: Gauteng, South

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00:15:59

EP 70: China- A Lesson from Confucius 孔子之敎誨 + The...

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2021/04/07

Two stories this week: The first, a man learns that by being tough he is headed towards an early grave. He must learn to be like the tongue rather than the tooth. The second is the story of snow, who argues for its own importance, but is reminded where it comes from. All in the great courthouse in the sky. Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Story by Mary Hayes Davis and Chow-Leung From the book "Chinese Fables and Folk Tales" (1908) Music: Yuan Xiao Creative Commons All Stories available on youtube

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EP 69: India- The Real Mother

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2021/03/25

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 rid of the kids any way she can, and so she does three times. Will there ever be justice? Music in the

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EP 68: Iran- The Cat and The Mouse

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2021/03/18

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 and the mice. Who will prevail in the end? Source: The Cat and the Mouse: A Book of Persian Fairy

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EP 67: South Africa- The World's Reward

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2021/03/11

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 sound:South African Thunderstorm by Tim Kahn Music: Uyangijuma by Stabhilithi "A zonkey" by Leogirly4life is

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EP 66: Armenia- The Fairy Nightingale

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2021/03/04

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 by A. G. Seklemian Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music: Sad Beach by Soroosh Nematollahi Creative Commons

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EP 65: Japan- The Wooden Bowl

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2021/02/25

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 ever lose her odd headpiece? Source: The Wooden Bowl retold by T H James Music: June 24, 2018: Riley

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EP 64: Ghana- Three Anansi Tales

Sandman Stories Presents ·

2021/02/18

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 neighbor Nothing. Anansi is poor, but when he borrows Nothing's fine clothes, he is able to trick many

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EP 63: Turkey- The Three Orange Peris

Sandman Stories Presents ·

2021/02/11

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 Music: Turku, Nomads of the Silk Road - -Bir Demet Yasemen

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EP 62: Azores- Longstaff

Sandman Stories Presents ·

2021/02/04

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

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EP 61: Korea- The Sneezing Colossus 8/28

Sandman Stories Presents ·

2021/01/28

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 중모리~자진모리 Creative Commons use. Narrator: Dustin Steichmann for Sandman Stories Presents Podcast shout out to: The

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