#korea #folktale In the first story, we hear the Korean version of the folktale explaining the milky way. You can hear that story in episode 159 from over a year ago. And the second story is about a dancing woman who saves the nation. Source: Korean Fairy

#Japan #folktale #CinderellaToday we are back in the book of Japanese folklore written down by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Tonights story is about a princess that does everything right, but is still hated by her step mother. Like Cinderella, but from a few thou

#india #folktaleWelcome back listeners to Sandman Stories Presents, a folklore podcast where I read you to sleep or until the next story, Im your host, Dustin. Today we are back in the book of Indian folklore written down in the Shimla Village tales rec

#ghana #folktaleToday we are back in the book of Ghanaian folklore written down by W.H. Barker. In the first story, we learn how to bull yourself out of a court case. In the second, we learn why Rams live at home while the leopard lives in the forest. An

#Georgia #folktaleIn this story the prince is unable to find love until he unseals his fate and stabs a sick lady.Source: Georgian Folk Tales by Marjory WardropNarrator: Dustin SteichmannMusic: ANDRANIK SARKAVAG TOTIK YAR Andranik sarkavag Manukyan

#ecuador #folkloreToday we are back in the book of Ecuadorian folklore written down by Mario Conde. A big thank you to him for letting me record these stories. In the first story, we learn about the origin of biting insects. In the second story, from dee

#Bengal #folktaleToday we are back in the book of Bengal folklore written down by Lal Behari Day. In todays story we will learn about Swet Basanta. There are a couple of words I want you to know before we get into the story. Almirah is a closet or wardr

#azores #folktaleToday we are back in the book of Azorean folklore written down by Elsie Spicer Eells. In the first story, a tween king tries to kill the girl he is fated to marry. And in the second one, we get what could be a distant cousin of Snow Whit

#Armenia #folktaleIn this story, a mans kindness is repaid many fold, but is tricked out of his riches by a lying thief with echoes of Aladdin. There is also a bit of Urashima Taro (episode 76) in taking care of animals and paying people to leave them a

#panchatantra #india #folktaleIn the last story, we heard about a man who saved some animals and was repaid, but when he saved a man, things went in another direction. In this story, we learn about a flea and a bedbug who have a hard time sharing a bed.