Sandman Stories Presents

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 Collected by Ignaz Kunos

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Turku, Nomads of the Silk Road - Penceresi Yola Karsi Creative Commons License

Sound effects: Jungle Night Sounds -Youtube Creator Studio 

Podcaster shout out: Asian Tapestry by Theshira Pather

Listener shout out: Lagos Nigeria. Language spotlight: Yoruba

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

Russian folk song "Luchinushka" (Torch-light).  RUSSIAN STRING ORCHESTRA (formerly: Chamber Orchestra Kremlin) conducted by Misha Rachlevsky.  This was an encore for the performance on March 3, 2016, "Concerts at One" series at New York's Trinity Wall Street Church.  The concert was an opening of the "Revolutionaries: The late works of Beethoven & Ginastera" festival.

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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 Steichmann 

Sound effects: Zapsplat, West Wolf 

Podcast shout out: Classical Adventures for One 

Listener shout out: Maharashtra, India. Language Marathi 

Image: "Urashima" by Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889, artist from the Library of Congress

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 back porch by Lisa Steichmann

Podcast shout out: Ratchet Book Club by Derik

Listener shout out: Ontario, Ca

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 very high, but a stowaway steals the show. Who will be king?

Source: SOUTH-AFRICAN FOLK-TALES BY JAMES A. HONEŸ, M.D.

Music: The Boynton Middle School 6th Grade Chorus sings "Singabahambayo," a South African Freedom song in Zulu and English, arranged by Cheryl Lavender, under the direction of Robert Winans at the Winter Choral Concert, January 25, 2018, in Kulp Auditorium, Ithaca High School, Ithaca, New York.

Sound Effects: Spring Frogs in Ansan recorded 5/2/2021 by Dustin Steichmann

Cover art by dfaulder American Yellow Warbler

Listener Shout Out: Busan, South Korea

Here are two tales from the West African country of Ghana, traditional to the Akan people.

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 cross Anansi, and Lizard pays dearly for his transgressions.

Music: African Folk Music and Drumming from the Ewe tribe by Traditional singers Creative Commons

AMB Night Crickets LB by DaveRose on www.freesound.org.

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann 

Podcast Shout Out: El Radio Del Barrio  "Esta estación es para la raza mexicana que siempre Quiero escuchar música mexicana esta es tu Estación"

Dustin's Links: https://linktr.ee/Sandmanstoriespresents

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?

Source: Philippine Folk Tales Retold by Mabel Cook Cole (1916) Public Domain

Music: The Kalinga Soul Through The Music of Alex Madullawan Tumapang Creative Commons

Jungle Atmosphere Night provided by Youtube Studios

Picture: "Filipina Bride, Barangay" by InSapphoWeTrust is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Podcast Shout Out: The Dumb, Found Dead Podcast  Darwin awards, Puns, and a general good time.

Listener Shout Out: Selangor, Malaysia. Language: Bahasa Malaysia

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

Listener shout out: Gauteng, South Africa (language spotlight: Zulu)

Story suggestions can be sent to: [email protected]

Two stories this week:

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.

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 Sandman Stories Presents

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From Amber:

Content Warnings For This Book:

*Non-Graphic Death

*Underage Drinking

*Brief Non-Graphic Nudity

Sources For The Trivia Corner:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montpelier,_Vermont

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Miller_(comics)

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