Sandman Stories Presents

#ghana #goldcoast #mushrooms

In today's story, we learn about passing and paying debts which turns into ants making mushrooms. And in the second story, we learn about why whispering kindly to your crops means that they will turn out well. Heaven help you if you yell at them.

Source: West African Folk-Tales

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: DOBET GNAHORE SINGS IN ACCRA

Sound Effects: Down Chawaeng by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: One Mic- Black History

Listener Shoutout: Daegu, Korea

Photo Credit: "A cacao farmer" by World Bank Photo Collection is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

#Saqartvelo #georgia #folktale

In this story, a prince has to jump through a whole bunch of hoops after he is promised to a dangerous witch. Will he ever find the golden slippers?

Source: Georgian Folk Tales Translated by Marjory Wardrop

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Folk-Roll - Adjaruli. Radio Ar Daidardo Live

Sound Effects: Backyard by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: The History of Saqartvelo Georgia

Listener Shoutout: Bay of Plenty, NZ

Picture credit: "Golden Slipper" by That Other Paper is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

#ecuador #galapagos #pirates

In the first story, a drunkard gets taught a lesson by a magical rooster. And in the second story, a pirate hides his treasure, only to have to act like a nut. Listen in and enjoy

Source:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thirteen Ecuadorean Legends And A Ghost: Trece Leyendas Ecuatorianas Y Un Fantasma⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ By Mario Conde

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music:BRUMAS (pasillo) - Camilo Torres Flores y Camilo Torres

Sound Effects: Hugo Caverzasi, XC554285. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/554285; Hugo Caverzasi, XC554279. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/554279

Podcast Shoutout:Ratchet Book Club

Listener Shoutout:San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador

Picture Credit:Thanasis Papazacharias fromPixabay" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Weathervane by Thanasis

#bengal #opium #folktale

In this story, we see a humble mouse work its way up to being a queen. Will it ever be happy? And what does opium have to do with it? listen in and learn

Source:Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music:Pyar tumhara Baba pran hai mera || B K Nisha

Sound Effects: Farm Morning by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout:The Endless Knot

Listener Shoutout:Kohima India

Photo Credit: "Red-Poppy-Flower-Field_283110-480x360" by Public Domain Photos is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

#azores #islands #saint

In the first story we learn about a bird that helps the holy mother. In the second we learn about a loud mouth bird that gets cursed. In the third we learn why St Peter's mom stands just outside of heaven. And in the final story, we learn about a woman who is turned into an owl.

Source: The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Martín Codax "Mandad'ei comigo". Sephardica & Emilio Villalba

Sound Effects: Breeze and Airplane by Dustin Steichmann; XC169613 - White Wagtail - Motacilla alba subpersonata; XC820672 - Common Quail - Coturnix coturnix conturbans; XC200789 - Little Owl - Athene noctua noctua. All via Xeno-canto.org

Podcast Shoutout: Bunny Trails. Welcome to our whimsical adventure of idioms and other turns of phrase. Each week, we delve into the origins of phrases to find out how they came into the English language. We tell the story of the phrase from its beginnings to where it is today. Shauna and Dan are two big nerds, so expect some geek culture references, random trivia facts, and loads of laughs.

Listener Shoutout: Gondar, Ethiopia

Photo Credit:"White Wagtail" by Roberto Martini photography is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

#Armenia #Folklore #giant

In this story, a young prince named Bedik meets an invincible giant who loves a foreign princess. Bedik promises to get that princess for him, and then regrets it. Will they end up together?

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

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: Heavier Rain by Dustin Steichmann

Music: Գուսան Շահեն- Էլինարի մոր երգը Gusan Shahen-Elinari mor erge

Podcast Shoutout: Nuzzle House grumpy old man and public domain.

Listener shoutout: Sneads Ferry NC

Photo Credit: "Yerevan" by tm-tm is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

#panchatantra #india #saga

In the first story, we learn why it is bad to talk with your mouth full. And in the second story we learn why it is best to plan ahead or at least fake it, lest you be beaten.

Source: ⁠Panchatantra Arthur W Ryder⁠

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: ⁠Amith Nadig - Carnatic Flute - Bilahari Raga

Sound Effects: Down Chaweng by Dustin Steichmann

Photo Credit: "Myrtle the Turtle" by SeeMidTN.com (aka Brent) is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Happy Valentine's Day y'all

#Turkey #folktales

In this story, there are forty brothers. They want forty brides from the same mother. It's a pretty tall task, especially when the brothers keep ignoring their dad's advice.

Source: ⁠Forty-four Turkish fairy tales by Kunos, ignacz⁠

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Ali Şahin - Muhteşem Bir Bozlak | Dinlemeden Gecme

Sound Effects: wind and trees and snow.WAV by tim.kahn -- https://freesound.org/s/253899/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0, Calm Place: Birds Singing at Beytepe Campus Ankara,Turkey by erinculusoy -- https://freesound.org/s/562972/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

Podcast Shoutout: Campfire Classics

Listener Shoutout: La Paz, Bolivia

Pay suma ukat aski arumakipana Thank you and good night

#sioux #lakota #folktales

In the first story, we learn about being neighborly. And in the second story we learn about lucky hunting nuts.

Source: WIGWAM EVENINGS SIOUX FOLK TALES RETOLD

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Silent Night: *Sung In Lakota - Tiana Spotted Thunder

Sound Effects: Frog Forest by absent1010

Photo Credit: "North American Badger (Taxidea taxus)" by Jon David Nelson is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Podcast Shoutout: It's A Continent- Making Africa’s history accessible to all

Listener Shoutout: St. George's (Grenadian Creole French: Sen Jòj) is the capital of Grenada. The city is surrounded by a hillside of an old volcano crater and is located on a horseshoe-shaped harbour.

#filipino #folktale

Today is a mixed bag of six tales all taken from Mabel Cook Cole's work focused on Itneg folklore. We have the wrong gifts, we have a turtle who is tired of a lizard, and we have a boy who turns into stone. Follow along and enjoy this sixfer

Source: Philippine Folk Tales by Mabel Cook Cole

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Field's Butterfly (Paru-Parong Bukid)

Sound Effects: Black-crowned Pitta by tallareta

Podcast Shoutout: Film Rage

Listener Shoutout: Dodoma, Tanzania