Sandman Stories Presents

In this final story, a fisherman is rewarded for bringing a delicious fish to the king. The queen however does not think he deserves to be rewarded and devises a riddle. Can the fisherman think on his feet? Who will get the reward?

Source: The Cat and the Mouse A Book of Persian Fairy Tales edited with an introduction by Hartwell James with forty illustrations by John R. Neill

Music: Kiyanoosh Payamani - Musiques et Rites De Perse care of Petites Planètes / Vincent Moon Creative Commons

Sound FX: Dexter-Huron Metropark- Lisa Steichmann

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: The Varmints! podcast is an education/comedy podcast that’s all about animals! Every week a couple of nerds a do a whole bunch of research to bring you a mix of science, education, pop culture and comedy about all things that creep, crawl, slither, fly, jump, hop and swim on this planet one animal at a time.

Listener Shoutout: Accra (/əˈkrɑː/; Twi: Nkran; Dagbani: Ankara; Ga: Ga or Gaga) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. -Wikipedia

In this story, a farmer wishes for a daughter. He is blessed when he brings home a pussy-willow and a daughter is born. This daughter, Cat-Kin, is taken away to the island of jewels by the Queen Mother. Cat-Kin is then gifted with the jewels that represent Korean personalities and culture. Slightly edited to remove some of the casual racism. Enjoy!

Source: Korean fairy tales by W.E. Griffis (1922)

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound FX: 10 minutes of Rain by Dustin Steichmann

Music: 서원숙 - 중모리~자진모리 Creative Commons

Podcast Shoutout: Field Lab Earth Welcome to the web home for Field, Lab, Earth, the podcast from the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America. The podcast all about past and present advances in agronomic, crop, soil, and environmental sciences, our show features timely interviews with our authors about research in these fields

Listener Shoutout: Santiago, Chile

Photo credit: "pussy willow catkins" by Rob Ireton is licensed under CC BY 2.0

In this story, Brother Rabbit and Brother Hyena are walking around and listening to the animals talk. They come across Brother Elephant and Sister Whale boasting about being the strongest. While Brother Hyena takes it as a hint to get going, Brother Rabbit has an idea to trick them both. Listen in while Brother Rabbit gets up to his old tricks.

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound FX: swamp at night with crickets and cicadas2.mp3 by mariethompson on Freesound.org

Music: Lake Arthur Stomp - Suzy Thompson and Mick Kinney twin fiddle a Cajun two-step Creative Commons license

Podcast Shoutout: 20 Timinutes (youtube)

Listener Shoutout: North Brabant, Netherlands

Photo Credit: "Elephant I" by Boston Public Library is licensed under CC BY 2.0

In this story, a prince and a princess have dreams about each other. After getting engaged, the prince gets tricked, and it is up to the princess to save the day. Add in a dash of 39 sword wielding maidens and the best ruler ever, and you have the story of the betrothed of destiny. Enjoy 

Source: The Golden Maiden and other folk tales and fairy stories told in Armenia by A.G. Seklemian 1898 

Music: Armenian theme by Duduk - Armenian double-reed wind instrument verunka.mp3 by arakedikian on Freesound.org 

Sound FX: Dawn chorus - Makvaneti Recorded by porporino on Freesound.org 

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann 

Podcast Shoutout: Campfire Classics is a Literary Comedy Podcast where we try to read those books that look good on your shelf. Hosts Heather Michele Lawler and Ken Sandberg do their best to read the shorts stories, books, and other works of classic authors of yesteryear.  For better or worse, these works are often filled with unfamiliar language, archaic sentence structure, and words that have become innuendos in the years since their original printing. 

Listener Shoutout: Dallas, Texas 

Picture Credit: "Kachkar close-up, Echmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia" by Dumphasizer is licensed under CC BY 2.0

In the first episode, Orisha Oko, the Yoruba god of farming and hunting, tries to keep people from practicing bad magic. If you were found guilty of practicing magic, the demon Polo would cut off your head. After Oko left, a man tried to continue the tradition, but could not be a powerful as Oko and Polo. What happened then?

In the second story, Moremi is the wise and beautiful queen of the Ile-Ife. He people are the subject of many raids from the neighboring Igbo who look more like monster than men. Moremi promises to give a great sacrifice to the river god if she can find out the secrets of Igbo. She is soon after captured and learns their secrets. Will the sacrifice of animals be enough to satisfy the river god?

In the third story, Bat is fighting on the side of his cousins, the mice. When he sees the battle start to turn in the favor of the birds, he switches sides and loses the respect of all.

Source: Yoruba Legands M.I. Ogumefu 1929

Sound FX: Birds, Rain and Thunder AMB by Idalize from www.freesound.org

Music: Fofonye - Song in ewé recorded by DL01 on www.freesound.org

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: ZED 1 - A PODCAST Rom Zom Com Podcast following a Couple surviving the Zombie Apocalypse AND their Marriage One Ep at a time!

Listener Shoutout: Trinidad and Tobago

Photo Credit: Candomblé nel Museu Afro-Brasileiro, Salvador by Sailko Creative Commons

In the first story, a body falls apart because it can't figure out how to work together. What good are the ears to the stomach? And with that, an emperor learns his lesson.

In the second story, Fox is proud of his running and abuses poor little Crab. Unfortunately for Fox, Crab is smarter than he looks and takes Fox to task.

In the third story, a girl named Rose is picked on by her classmates because her namesake is hard to handle and has very sharp thorns. Because of this, Rose wants to change her name. Can her mother convince her otherwise?

Source: Chinese Fables and Folk Stories (1908) Mary Hayes Davis and Chow-Leung 

Music: A recording from Luxun park in Shanghai, China. An old man is playing an erhu by the edge of a pond. You can hear the amplified erhu as well as some of the park. Erhu at Luxun Park in Shanghai recorded by taurindb on Freesound.org

Sound FX: Rain on a Camper recorded by Dustin Steichmann

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Nuzzle House

Listener Shoutout: St Paul, Minnesota.

In the first story, we learn why the moon has spots on its face.

In the second story, we learn how the Itneg began to farm and use medicine, and why it doesn't always work.

And in the final story, we learn of a talking jar that must be caught through magic.

Source: Philippine Folk Tales, by Mabel Cook Cole 1916 (Gutenburg)

Ocean SFX: Sunset on the beach (Philippines). Calm sea waves recorded during the sunset on Masasa beach (Tingloy island, Philippines). Recorded by kevp888 on freesound.org

Filipino music: Traditional music and dance performed by native people from Banaue (Philippines). Recorded in March 2015 in Banaue. Recorded by kevp888 on freesound.org

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: AfriWetu By AfriWetu Rooted In Our Story. Celebrating Africa's History, People, Culture & Folklore.

Listener Shoutout: Bhutan  འབྲུག་ཡུལ officially known as the Kingdom of Bhutan land of the thunder dragon

Today's story is about a woman who believes fate, more than father, determines her destiny. Through her independent thinking, she is able to get wealth and a wonderful princely friend. But when her sisters put broken glass in his chair, he becomes ill and cannot visit her. How can she right her sister's wrongs?

Source: SIMLA VILLAGE TALES OR, FOLK TALES FROM THE HIMALAYAS BY ALICE ELIZABETH DRACOTT

Sound Effects: Jungle Night by Youtube Creator's Studio

Music:  खाणी पीणी मौज मनोंणी | Thekedarniye | ठेकेदारनीए | Kashmiri Lal |

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Archipelaghosts- Archipelaghosts is a podcast about the ghosts, supernatural beliefs, and mystical curiosities of Indonesia. We love scary stories and realised that most people outside of Indonesia might not be familiar with this fascinating world of the paranormal, and the many mind-boggling stories Indonesian people have and are always ready to share. We’d like to share these stories with you.

Listener Shoutout: Jakarta Indonesia

In today's story, a young man sets out to find fear. What in the world will scare this young man? Would a hand coming out of a grave scare you? What about stumbling upon a camp of brigands? Would a spirit slowly strangling you to death make you afraid? or a chef flipping you the bird? Listen to the story and find fear with the young man.

Source: Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales by Ignác Kúnos 1914

Music: Asim-Tokel.wav recorded by xserra on freesound.org

Sound Effects: antalya seashore by trouby on freesound.org

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Tabi-Tabi Podcast by Ethan. A podcast that talks about Philippine folklore, mysteries, paranormal stories, and maybe some foreign myths.

Listener Shoutout: Scotland

In the first story, a laborer first loses a table that sets itself with a feast; and then loses a sifter that drops gold coins into his pockets. How can he get them back from the thieving innkeeper?

In the second story, a new father has run out of god parents. So, for his youngest daughter, he asks St. Anthony to be her godfather. St. Anthony accepts and gets her a job in the king's castle. In order to get in and focus on her work, she dresses up like her brother and pretends to be a boy. This backfires when the king's sister falls in love with "young page". Will she be found out?

Source: THE ISLANDS OF MAGIC RETOLD BY ELSIE SPICER EELLS

Music: 20191117_202021_POR_Fado.mp3 by kevp888 on freesound.org

Sound Effects: 20170618_churchbells.birds.wav by dobroide on freesound.org

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Folklore, Food, and Fairy Tales Podcast Episode to listen to mentioned earlier: The Magic Cane, The Gold Donkey and the Little Stick that Hits

Listener Shoutout: San Antonio, Texas