Sandman Stories Presents

In the first story, a boy displays the ideals of being a good son and student. In the end he turns out to be a great man. The story illustrates the confusionist ideals of the time.  In the second story, a hunter is moved by the bird's generosity and thus gives up hunting. The moral is to take care of one another. No podcast or listener shout out on this one because I recorded it before I started doing that. Enjoy~

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Story by Mary Hayes Davis and Chow-Leung From the book "Chinese Fables and Folk Tales" (1908)

Music: Yuan Xiao

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These three stories all have Jackal as a main character. Some are too short to be their own story, so I lumped them all together. The stories are: The Jackal and The Wolf; A Jackal and A Wolf; and The Lion, The Jackal, and The Man. From the book South African Folktales by James A Honey. In the first story Jackal is smart, but wolf isn't so lucky. In the second story, Jackal is just mean to wolf. In the third story, Jackal tells Lion that Man is the strongest and Lion sets out to find out.

The music is a traditional wedding dance by the Shaghoken Ensemble from Rwanda. 

The podcast shout out is One Mic: Black History by Countryboi 

Picture: "Jackals Drinking - South Africa" by South African Tourism is licensed under CC BY 2.0

In this chapter, Victor tells Lively the story of the Merchant Strong-Tooth who loses and then wins the king's favor. This convinces Lively to go meet Rusty the king, and the two become fast friends. That doesn't go so well for Victor who is soon out of a job.

Book: The Panchatantra translated by Arthur Ryder

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The two princes get along fine. One brother hunts, while the other one fishes. Trouble comes when the younger one asks to switch and then loses his brother's magic fishing hook. Prince Fire-Fade must travel under the sea to retrieve the missing hook.

Music: Etsuko Chida Omoigawa from Shsk'h Vol.02 - Koto Kumiuta (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Etsuko_Chida/Shskh_Vol02_-_Koto_Kumiuta/Omoigawa)

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In story number one, Elsie Spicer Eells tells the story of why dogs always sniff each other. Will they ever find the dog who brought the pepper?

In story number two, Simon comes to the aid of the snakes and is rewarded, but if he tells about his rewards he will die. Can he resist telling about his secret?

Story One: Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores by Elsie Spicer Eells

Music: Galpão Nativo | TVE - Família Machado e João Vicenti - 21/5/17

Story Two: The Golden Maiden by A.G. Seklemian

Music: Sound of Armenian Duduk. By I.Mazia

This is the story of a one of the emperors of China, whose ancestors were Manchu, who was embarrassed because his family did not have a good origin story. So an old woman of the court tells the story of how his ancestor is born from the gods. Fancha lived in Manchuria and after his family was killed he fled south to the Tumen River. When that was was not recorded. There is a lot of overlap with this story from Chinese/Jurchen legend. 

Source: Korean Fairy Tales William Elliot Griffis (1922) 

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann 

Music in the story: "Mountain Monk C" by Lobo Loco www.musikbrause.de Creative Commons License (by-nc-nd) 

Shout out to Because Language Podcast. They are an awesome podcast that cover linguistics from a very approachable way. Fun for the word nerd or lay person. Give them a listen!

The story of the Tricky Monkey who does not want to be eaten. When the man traps him under a tree and then again in a box, how will the monkey escape?

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann 

Fairy Tales From Brazil How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-lore By Elsie Spicer Eels 

Illustrations by Helen M. Barton. 

Book Available at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24714

Sound effects by Zapsplat.com

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These are the second and third stories I have read from the book. The Monkey works for his uncle for a while and gets some pretty cool toys. Wolf and Jackal are a bit jealous and try to steal the magic bow away from him. It all ends in a wild mess in the courtroom. In story two, Tiger has never seen a Ram before and is a bit frightened by the loud animal. When Jackal tries to convince Tiger to eat the Ram, Ram's wife Ewe tells him a trick that will scare away tiger forever.

In this space I am going to start doing podcast recommendations as I love to listen to pods, and you might like the stuff that I listen to too. If you like legends from South Africa, you should check out Legendary Africa hosted by Theshira. She is often reading stories that she has adapted from traditional lore and put her own spin on. Her voice is awesome and I'm sure you will like her stories. She is also on youtube, instagram, and twitter. Find her and say hi.

The ambient sounds are from an evening in Kruger National Park. I hope you enjoy and sleep well

References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVlXqRG2j90&t=2113s&ab_channel=DestinationAudio (Ambient sounds)

"Baby vervet monkey searching for food in the grass" by string_bass_dave is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

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The King of the fish falls ill and the only thing that can cure his illness is Rabbit Eyes.    

Author: William Elliot Griffis (1922) 

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann 

Music used in the story:  [ 서원숙 - 가야금 ] 심상건 풍류_염불도드리~타령(국악음반_레이블소설) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cBU2hdWDOo

Sound FX by Zapsplat

This is the third installment of the Loss of Friends book in the Panchatantra. In this story the Jackal finds out that not all things that make noise are powerful. At the same time Victor finds out that the awful animal making all of the noise is just a Bull. He decides to play the Bull off of Rusty the Lion King and take advantage of the situation. Rusty feels reassured, but is doesn't completely trust Victor. 

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Mind Relaxing Music

Book: The Panchatantra translated by Arthur Ryder

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