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Sandman Stories Presents
Tired but can't fall asleep? Here I do my best to find interesting stories from the public domain and read them to you until you fall asleep. The stories are mostly folktales from around the world. Best listened to during work, during commutes, when you are trying to fall asleep, or any time that you need a calm friend to read to you. Enjoy! All of my links can be found here~ https://linktr.ee/Sandmanstoriespresents
Episodes
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 180: South Africa- The White Man and the Snake x2, Cloud Eating, The Lion's Illness, Jackal Heron and Dove
The first two stories are essentially the same, just told slightly differently. A white man is foolish enough to help a trapped snake who wants to bite him. He…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 179: Philippines- Gawigawen of Adasen (Cole 1916)
In this story, Aponibolinayen wants to have some really tasty oranges held by a giant with 6 heads. Her husband says he will go get them, but he fails to do…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 178: Nigeria- The Head, Ole and the Ants, The Boa Constrictor
In the first story, the main character learns that you need every part of your body to get ahead. And in the second story, a lazy old man gets high to be able…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 177: Korea- The Mirror that made Trouble
In this story, Mister Kim goes into the big city for the first time. He is amazed at the price of things and is a little uneasy, but he is on a mission. He…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 176: Louisiana- Brer Rabbit and Mdme Vulture, Brer Rabbit and Brer Turkey, Brer Hyena and Monkeys
#Louisiana #Folklore In the first story we learn why Madame Buzzard is bald and why she never eats rabbit bones. In the second story, we learn that things…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 175: Japan- My Lord Bag O'Rice
In this story, Fujiwara Hidesato shows his bravery by walking over a sleeping dragon. In return for his bravery he is tasked with killing the mountain sized…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 174: India- Bey Huslo, Panch Maar Khan
In the first story, a foolish wife takes things too literally and drives her husband up a wall. Can someone be foolish enough to make riches? In the second…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 173: Ghana- The Tail of the Princess Elephant
In this story, Kwesi tells his mom that he will bury her with the tail of the Princess Elephant. He has to sneak off into the elephant village and cut off her…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 172: Georgia- The Three Sisters and Their Stepmother
In this story, a man remarries and his new wife doesn't like his kids. So all three are tricked into an apple pit. They were going to eat the youngest, but…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 171: China- THE RATTAN VINE AND THE ROSE TREE 蔓莖與梅樹 + THE MELON AND THE PROFESSOR 學由瓜得
In the first story, a rattan vine is insulting the rose tree. The rose tree is forced to defend itself. Then after a storm, the rose tree is the only one left…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 170: Bengal- Phakir (Fakir) Chand
In this story a prince and a vizier's son are off on an adventure when they come across a giant snake. They get its jewel and find a beautiful princess. The…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 169: Azores- Trouble when One’s Young + The Little Maid who was Wise
In the first story, a princess has to choose between trouble when she is young, or when she is older. She picks trouble when she is young and an eagle takes…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 168: Armenia- Dyjhicon the Coward Hero
#armenia #folklore In this tale, Dyjhicon is a whiner. He doesn't want to do any chores, he is afraid of the rats, and all he can do is criticize his wife. So…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 167:Panchatantra (पञ्चतन्त्र) Numskull and the Rabbit (Loss Of Friends CH 10)
In this chapter, Numskull is the king of all of the animals and demands that he gets fed. The rabbit, not wanting to be eaten, devises a way to get rid of the…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 166: Turkey (Türkiye)- The Simpleton
In this story, three children of the old woman are eaten up by a Dew (evil spirit). To get them out, her youngest son has to stop playing in the ashes and…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 165: Philippines- Aponiboliynayen
In this story, Aponibolinayen is courted by Gawigawen. She agrees to marry him, but someone tells her on her wedding day that her husband has three noses. In…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 164: South Africa- The Jackal's Bride, The Story of Hare
In the first story, Hyena marries Jackal, but it turns out not to be that good of a marriage. Lion dies, a cow is stolen, and the ants come for what is theirs…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 163: China- The General, the Bird, and the Ant; Three Girls who went to a Boys' School
In the first story, a General is lost in the desert with his army. A bird and an ant have an argument next to the dying general about which is more important…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 162: Nigeria- The Twin Brothers, How The Leopard Got His Spots, Another Story about The Leopard and His Spots
In the first story, the king has twins which is not good news. Instead of killing them like the custom dictates, he lets them flee and grow up elsewhere. When…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 161: Louisiana- Brother Bear and Brother Rabbit (Alcée Fortier 1895)
Brother Bear just want some help with his work, so he invites brother Hyena (Bouki) and Brother Rabbit. Well, you know having Brother Rabbit around is going to…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 160: Korea- Pigling and Her Proud Sister (W E Griffis 1911)
In this story, a young girl named Pear Blossom has a new stepmom and half sister. She is forced to do a lot of manual labor and is never allowed to go to the…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 159: Japan- The Meeting of the Star-Lovers (W E Griffis 1887)
In this story, the Sun wants to marry off his daughter. She is a hard worker and he is very proud. But he chooses a local cow farmer to be her husband. As soon…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 158: India- The Vizier's Son and the Rajah's Son- (Dracott 1906)
In the first story, the Rajah gets mad that his son is hanging out with another boy, so he gets a woman to come between them. Then the Vizier's son is killed…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 157: Ghana- How the Tortoise Got Its Shell, The Hunter and The Tortoise (Barker 1917)
In the first story, we learn about how tortoise got his shell. He wasn't always a slow moving shelled animal. He used to be fast and strong and handsome. But…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 156: Georgia- The Devil Outwitted (Waldrop 1894)
In this story, a peasant family has a son. His mom doesn't want him to waste his life, so they take him out to get educated. Through a bit of chance, the Devil…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 155: China- The Lion and the Mosquitoes 獅受蚊敵, The Thief and The Elephant 以象問案 (Davis & Leung 1908)
In the first story, a father tells his son the story of how the small and weak overcame the large and mighty. Lions should always be careful when challenging…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 154: Bengal- The Evil Eye of Sani (Lal Behari Day 1912)
In this story Sribatsa and Chintamani are caught in a bad spot. Sani and Lakshmi want to know who is better, so they ask Sribatsa to decide honestly. He picks…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 153: Azores- The Princess Who Lost Her Rings (Eells 1922)
In this story, a princess lives in a castle with many rings. Every day she plays with a cute bunny. Eventually, she notices that she is losing rings, but she…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 152: Armenia- The Youngest of the Three (A.G. Seklemian 1898)
The king needs the apple of life, only thing is, it is stolen every night by giants. First son failed. Second son failed. Can the third son get the job done?…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 151: Ecuador- Vico's Deal with the Devil (Mario Conde) Halloween
This is the final story of the Halloween series. I will be finishing this book next year, until then, this is the final story. Vico, the same young boy that…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 150: Ecuador- The Procession of the Dead (Mario Conde) Halloween
In this story, two young police officers are patrolling the city, when they see something spooky down the way. There is an eerie drum beat and a procession of…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 149: Ecuador- The Woman on the Highway and The Skeleton's Bridegroom (Mario Conde) Halloween
The is the second part of my halloween series featuring stories recorded by Mario Conde. In the first story, a bus driver picks up a woman on a bridge, but she…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 148: Ecuador- Vico and the Duende +The Dead Horseman (Mario Conde) Halloween
In the first story, a boy named Vico doesn't listen to his grandma and plays marble games late into the night. One night, he meets another marble player who…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 147: India Kulloo the Faithful Dog, The Story of Ghose (Alice Dracott 1906)
In the first story, Kulloo stays with his master after his master's wife is kidnapped. Later he saves the man from being killed and helps him find his…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 146: Türkiye- The Horse Dew (Ignacz Kunos 1914)
In this story, the youngest sister marries a horse. Luckily for her, he is a magic horse. Unlucky for her, when she thinks about telling off her two sister…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 145: Philippines- Creation, Benito, Juan, and Guavas from Tagalog Stories (Mabel Cook Cole 1916) remastered
In the first story, we learn about how the different peoples came to be. In the second story, we learn all about the adventures of Benito. He has an epic…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 144: Ghana- Ohia and the Thieving Deer (W.H. Baker) Remastered
Ohia and Awirehu have bad luck. If they didn't have bad luck, they would have no luck at all. Their fortunes seem to change when Ohia meets a friendly farmer…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 143: Korea- The Great Stone Fire Eater (Griffis 1922)
Every year, the fire spirit from Gwanak mountain crawls out of his volcano home and burns everything that men build. What is the emperor to do? Can he just…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 142: India- How The Crow Hen Killed The Black Snake (Panchatantra पञ्चतन्त्र Chapters 8-9)
In this story, the Crow hen figures out a way to get rid of the Black Snake that has troubled it for years. Friends are super important in this story. If you…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 141: South Africa- The Dance for Water, Jackal and Monkey, Lion's Share (James A Honey 1910)
Here are three stories from James A Honey's African Folktales book. In story one, the animals dance until the water comes, but Rabbit doesn't want get his paws…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 140: China- The Two Mountains 兩大山 and A Chinese Prodigal Son 浪子歸家 (MH Davis C Leung 1908)
In the first story, two well known mountains get into a bragging match. One boasts of having magical birds whose feathers are desired by kings. The other…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 139: Georgia- Gulambara and Sulambara (Marjory Wardrop 1894)
In this story, a boy is kicked out of his kindgom after setting a magic fish free. He then goes on a wild adventure all over town with his new friend, going on…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 138: Nigeria- The Voices of Birds, Three Magicians, Isokun and the Baby (M.I. Ogumefu 1929)
In the first story, a magician is off on a walk in the woods. He came to a place where there were a lot of dull brown birds with beautiful voices. He asked the…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 137: Bengal- The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead (Lal Behari Day 1912)
Pre-roll: My reaction to the Scotus overturning Roe and making the world less safe for women. This is the story of a King, his seventh queen, a kidnapping, raw…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 136: Azores- Fresh Figs and The Master of Magic (Elsie Spicer Eells 1922)
In the first story, there are two brothers. One brother is cunning, but the other is a bit dull. They are tasked with bringing the rich man's daughter some…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 135: Louisiana- Compair Lapin and the Earthworm (A. Fortier 1895)
In this story, brother earthworm laments the fact that he is so weak and defenseless. He wants to be big and strong. And just like in a lot of folk tales, who…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 134: Armenia- The Golden Maiden (A. G. Seklemian 1898)
In this story, two children are abandoned by their father after he remarries. During their travels, the younger brother drinks from a puddle and is changed…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 133: Ghana- Morning Sunrise, Honourable Minu, Why The Moon and The Stars Receive Their Light From The Sun (W. H. Barker 1917)
In the first story, Morning Sunrise has to figure out which man is worthy of her hand in marriage. So, her father pretends she is dead, just to see who would…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 132: Japan- The Tongue Cut Sparrow 舌切り雀 (Yei Theodora Ozaki 1908)
In this classic, an old man has just one joy in life; his sparrow. He lives at home with his wife, but she has long since become a mean and spiteful person…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 131: Korea- The Magic Peach (W.E. Griffis 1922)
Here is the story of a young prince who is whisked away to the Island of Gems by the Western Queen Mother. He is warned by his mother not to break any…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 130: Turkey- The Fish Peri (Ignacz Kunos 1914)
In this story, a man finds a magic fish and wants to marry her. The trouble is, the padishah also thinks that she is beautiful and wants her for himself. He…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 129: South Africa- The Story of a Dam (James A Honey 1910)
In this story, everyone is working together to build a dam for when the rains come. Everyone that is, except for Jackal. He doesn't want to dirty up his nails…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 128: China- The Eagle and the Rice Birds 物必歸原; The Children and the Dog 孩童與犬 (Mary Hayes Davis and Chow-Leung 1908)
In the first story, nature versus nurture is tested out on eagles and rice birds. Will the rice birds listen to their eagle mother? In the second story, a boy…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 127: India- The Old Witch Who Lived in The Forest (Alice Elizabeth Dracott 1906)
A man with five daughters remarries. The new mom wants to get rid of the girls. So pops ditches them in the forest. At last they meet a witch who seems to be…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 126: Philippines- The Monkey and The Turtle and others (Mabel Cook Cole 1916)
Welcome back to the stories of the Ilocano people of the Philippines. In the first story, the Monkey is a jerk to the turtle and then is jerky to the other…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 125: India- The Loss of Friends- Chapters 5-7 Godly and June and others (Panchatantra (पञ्चतन्त्र))
*CW Violence, mention of sex work." There is a warning in the story that it is coming up. Nothing explicit, but it is better to be aware In this chapter the…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 124: Louisiana- Brother Bull and Jean Malin (Alcée Fortier 1895)
Jean Malin (clever John) is an orphan who is picked up on the side of the road. The woman who comes to raise him has a gentleman caller, who is in secret a…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 123: Nigeria- The Leopard man and other Yoruba Legends (M.I. Ogumefu 1929)
In the first story, a woman is enchanted by a quiet man who prowls through the village, but who is he really? In the second story, a flamingo eats the king…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 122: Azores- Linda Branca, Peter of the Pigs (Elsie Spicer Eells 1922)
In the first story, Linda Branca is hounded nightly by suitors. She has such a tough life because she is so beautiful. One day, she sees an ugly woman and…
Sandman Stories PresentsEP 121: Bengal- Life's Secret (Lal Behari Day 1912)
In this story the favorite queen of the king is having trouble getting pregnant. With the help of a Fahkir, the Suo queen gives birth to an heir. But because…