Sandman Stories Presents

#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, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28405272

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Podcast Shoutout: Canceled for Maintenance

Listener Shoutout: Mersch Luxembourg

Music Suggestion: Chini Chini by Matata

#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.

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

#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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Photo Credit: "Apple" by rdenubila is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Podcast Shoutout: How to English TEFL Podcast

Listener Shoutout: Raleigh NC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina

#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!

Listener Shoutout: The Azores in the Atlantic

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Photo credit: "Beaver Shot" by Paul Stevenson is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

#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.

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

Podcast Shoutout: Fabulous Folklore

Listener Shoutout: Naga, officially the City of Naga or the Pilgrim City of Naga, is a 1st class independent component city in the Bicol Region of the Philippines.

Music Suggestion: titom yuppe tshwala bami South African Amapiano music

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Photo Credit: "Lion" by elPadawan is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

#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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Podcast Shoutout: Beyond the Rainbow LGBT+ and crime crossovers

Listener Shoutout: Ankara Türkiye I would love to see you

Picture Credit: "File:Binakol, Northern Luzon, Abra, Tinguian, post World War II.JPG" by MyName (Hiart (talk)) is marked with CC0 1.0.

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

Music: Ayinla Omowura

Podcast Shoutout: Film Rage

Listener Shoutout: Jemulpo Korea

Photo Credit: "African Grey Parrot" by Charles Patrick Ewing is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Music Suggestion: TitoM & Yuppe - Tshwala Bam [Ft. S.N.E & EeQue] (Fun South African beats)

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#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

Listener Shoutout: Legazpi PH

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Music suggestion: Magestic Legend (this is a guy I know from going to his shows way back in the day. He's talented and this album is slept on.)

#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.

Podcast Shoutout: For Your Reference

Listener Shoutout: Tegucigalpa Honduras. Commonly known as Teguz, this is the capital of the country.

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Music Suggestion: Stiff Pap "Ngomso"