Good night, stranger! Tonight I will take you to the Pacific Northwest, where Raven finds some interesting little creatures in a clam shell. This is a story passed down by the people of the Haida Nation, who you can visit on this website. If you are interested in donating to the Haida Gwaii Stewardship fund visit www.haidagwaiipledge.ca or support the Haida Gwaii Museum. For information about the sculpture ‘The Raven and the First Men’ klick here.

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Good night, stranger. Tonight I’m going to turn you into the biggest animal that has ever existed on this earth and you will dive into the depths of the ocean with me. This story is inspired by the infamous 52-hertz whale, that was first identified in the 80s and subsequently dubbed the “loneliest whale”, because the pitch of its call was much higher than of regular blue and fin whales. But because 52-hertz sounds have been recorded in different areas, it is more likely that several whales produce this frequency.

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Good night, stranger. In today’s story you will become the referee of an unequal race: An arrogant and swift hare gets challenged by a slow tortoise. Aesop collected fables in the sixth century BCE and ancient interpretations focus on the hare’s arrogance being his Achilles heel. From at least the seventeenth century, the tortoises diligence leading to its success was seen as the moral of the story. Let me know what you think the fable focuses on!

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Good night, stranger. Today I am whisking you away to a place were a young woman watches a bunch of cats whose owners are busy. All of them are different and you will soon be able to recognise all of their personalities. And all of them can teach you something about yourself, if you reflect on which cat you can relate to the most, and which cat’s company you would enjoy.

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Good night, stranger. Tonight I will tell you one of the most popular fairytales in the world: Cinderella. If you are not from Germany, you might be most familiar with the Disney or the French version of the tale, but this bedtime story is based on the text published by the brothers Grimm in the 19th century. I will turn you into a little bird who is taking care and fulfilling the wishes of a neglected girl.

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Good night, stranger. Today I will take you to a lonely beach, where you will encounter a beautiful stranger. You may not know whether he is a normal man or a Greek God in disguise, but does it matter when you are having a conversation about star constellations and the universe? While you look up at the night sky of the Northern hemisphere, the sounds of the waves will lull you to sleep.

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Good night, stranger. Tonight I will tell you a fairytale that takes place in a stormy night. A stranger knocks at the door of the castle. Is Katherine a real princess and will Prince Christian be able to win her heart? The Princess and the Pea is one of the most popular fairytales by the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. Whether the woman at the door is a true princess or not is up to your interpretation. Sleep well.

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Good night, stranger. Today is my birthday and I invite you to celebreate it with me in my den. Because it falls right before the harvest festival of Lammas or Lughnasadh, I combine the traditions and folklore of this season with my birthday. Tonight I will feed you some cake, do some tarot card divination, and perform a banishing ritual with you.

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Good night, stranger. Today I will take you to an Italian island that has many local folktales, one of which this story is based on. On Ischia you can find the Grotta del Mago, the magician's grotto, where some fishermen have sworn to have seen an old man with a beard who blessed them with an abundant catch.

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Good night, stranger. Today we will dive into a Hungarian fairytale, in which one diligent and one lazy girl go to work in a wealthy household. But what if their employers turn out to be fairies? I will turn you into a loyal animal to accompany both girls during their journey through the countryside.

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