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
#philippines #centavo #folktales
Today we are back in the book of folklore written down by Mabel Cook Cole. We have eight stories.
Story one: Why the sun and moon look like they do.
Story two: How monkeys came to be.
Story three: How coconuts can make you sing.
Story four: A guy who is bad at capitalism.
Story five: Why dogs wag their tails.
Story six: Why chickens peck at the ground.
Story seven: Why spiders and flies hate each other.
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#nativeamerican #sioux #weather
In the first story, we learn about the reasons for seasons. In the second we learn about first man and and why it is good to listen to your wife.
Source: Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Eastman and Eastman
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: John Coloff: Sioux Love Song on a Native American Style Flute by Chris Oravec
Sound Effects: Crickers by Dustin Steichmann
Podcast Shoutout: Fabulous Fo...
#christmas #saintnicholas #canada
In this story, we learn about how Saint Nick protects the kids.
Source: Canadian Fairy Tales by Cyrus MacMillan
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: White Christmas: (*Sung In Choctaw) - Raymond Johnson
Sound Effects: Blizzard in the Forest at Midnight by daveincamas -- https://freesound.org/s/558664/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
Podcast Shoutout: The Vocal Fries
Listener Shoutout: Omaha Nebra...
#korea #woodcutter #folktale
In this story, a woodcutter watches some fairies play a game. When the game is done, he finds that centuries have passed. Will he fit in?
Source: Korean Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: 자진뱃노래_3대의 가야금을 위한 민요앙상블
Sound Effects: Arrowwood Rain by Dustin Steichmann
Podcast Shoutout: Bewilderbeasts by M3
Listener Shoutout: Balkh Afghanistan
Photo credit: "No Known Restrict...
#japan #ryujin #jewels
In this story, we see two brothers who think about switching jobs for a day. This ends poorly when one brother loses the other brother's hook. Will Happy get his hook back?
Source: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: 月桃節 東京月桃三味線 Ghetto Bushi Tokyo Ghetto Shamisen
Sound Effects: Summer Night by flumpytripod -- https://freesound.org/s/830092/ -- License: Creative C...
#india #rajah #dog
In the first story, a talking jackal helps out a poor man.
In the second story, a couple make some off handed remarks and it turns into hard labor.
And in the final story, a man and his son would be lost without the wits and bravery of the son's fourth wife.
Source: Simla Village Tales, by Alice Elizabeth Dracott
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: KAANCHI | Hoga Tumse Pyaara Kaun | Himachali Folk | PAHARI | Raj...
#uganda #cuckoo #famine
In the first story, we learn why the Hadada Ibis cries for its babies.
In the second, we learn about a man who forgets the most important part of a marriage.
In the third, we listen to a song about what is in the heart of men.
And in the final story, we learn why monkeys and elephants are such good friends.
Source: The flame tree and other folk-lore stories from Uganda by Rosetta Baskerville
Narrator: Dustin Steic...
#devi #georgia #hero
In this story, Asphurtzela is born to a mom after her three sons are eaten by a devi. His name means one hundred leaves. Through bravery and kindness, he completes an epic adventure. Will he get the woman of his dreams?
Source: GEORGIAN FOLK TALES by Marjorie Wardrop
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: Folk-Roll - Adjaruli. Radio Ar Daidardo Live
Sound Effects: Water on Shore by Dustin Steichmann
#neworleans #servant #deception
In the first story, we learn about a partying wife.
In the second, we learn about praying and flowers.
In the third we learn that the king is not wiser than an old man.
And in the fourth, we learn about hiding what is important.
Source: Louisiana folk-tales : in French dialect and English translation
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: Mosquito Parade by the Lakeside Band
Sound effects: Big Island Coqui F...
#bengal #thief #bandits
In this first half of the story, we learn about two lazy thieves who work super hard to avoid work or spending money.
Source: Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: Guru Na Bhoji Mui গুরু না ভজি মুই by- Milan Mondal
Sound Effects: Crickers by Dustin Steichmann
Podcast Shoutout: The History of Persia
Listener Shoutout: Rafah, Gaza
#halloween #folklore #germany
In the first tale, we learn about a little German ship spirit. Treat him well or you will be in danger.
In the second time we learn about what happens when you squeeze the local people too much.
Source: The Klabautermann Meyer, G. F. Schleswig-Holsteinische Sagen. 1929, p. 55ff
Source: The Ship of Hell Sundermann, F. Sagen und sagenhafte Erzählungen aus Ostfriesland, 1869. p. 25ff
Both translated by...
#japan #ghosts #eggs
In the first story, we learn about a greedy ghost that has some awful eating habbits.
In the second story, we learn about why you don't talk to strange women, crying by the moat.
Source: Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things By Lafcadio Hearn
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: Krao - Dark Sakura (Japanese Horror Background Music)
Sound Effects: Fire Burst.wav by SilverIllusionist -- https://freesound...
#meeting #spooky #beyond
In the first story, a couple meets after one of them has already passed.
In the second story, a sister visits her brother and reveals a secret about mom.
Source: True Ghost Stories BY HEREWARD CARRINGTON
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: Cinematic Dark Fantasy Piano Eerie Spooky Neoclassical Royalty Free
Sound effects: High Heels on Wooden Floor.wav by 21100306 -- https://freesound.org/s/595442/ -- Li...
#halloween #spooky #ghosts
The first story talks about the horror of an incomplete handshake, the second about the troubles of being on the road, and the final story is about messages from beyond the grave.
Sources: True Ghost Stories by Hereward Carrington ; Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories by Ambrose Bierce
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: Bring Back My Bonnie To Me Hayden Quartet
Photo credit: "Death Noose&quo...
#halloween #spooky #jerseyshore
In this story, we get a good old fashioned ghost sighting that is probably related to a guy stealing money from drowned tourists. Come listen to this first spooky tale of the spooky season.
Source: Twenty-Five Ghost Stories by W. Bob Holland
Sound Effects: Zapsplat, Sonic Sound fx, TSPT (zapsplat.com), Klank Beeld (freesound.org) and Dustin Steichmann
#devil #magic #azores
In the first story, a man befriends the devil in order to get the woman of his dreams.
In the second story, a pious man is rewarded for his prayers.
In the third story, a woman gets bad advice from tradition.
And in the final story, death gives a man a warning, but he fails to see it.
Source: The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores by Eells
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Sounds: Birds by Dus...
#magic #mermaid #sacrifice
In the first story, a man has a welcome house guest.
In the second story, all is well after some strategic vomiting.
Source: The Golden Maiden by A. G. Seklemian
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: Hay Nare Nare ... Հայ Նարե Նարե ...💚
Sound Effects: G Hua Hin 4:30am by Dustin Steichmann
Podcast Shoutout: The Folklore Podcast- This podcast offers a journey into the fascinating realm of folklore, providing engagi...
#panchatantra #india #epic
In the first chapter, we see how the plover can get his eggs back. In the second chapter, we see victor egg rusty and lively into a fight.
Source: The Panchatantra by Arthur W. Ryder
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Sound Effects: 10 min rain by Dustin Steichmann
Music: Amith Nadig - Carnatic Flute - Bilahari Raga
Photo Credit: "Inquisitive Camel" by D-Stanley is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
#turkey #sadness #folktale
In this story we learn why we should know what we are asking for. Also, keep an eye out for strange birds that like to wreck your place of work.
Source: Forty-four Turkish fairy tales by Ignácz Kúnos
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: Türk Müzikleri - Yosmam! Tatar Türkçesi! 03 (creative commons)
Sound Effects: Crickers by Dustin Steichmann
Podcast Shoutout: Chinese Lore- Classic Chinese Stories, Retold...
#sioux #nativeamerican #folktales
In the first story, we hear why it is bad to put the fox in charge of the hen house. And in the second one, we hear about an all consuming greed personified.
Source: Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Eastman and Eastman
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: In The River: A Protest Song - Raye Zaragoza (creative commons)
Sound Effects: nature_fire_burning_crackle_fireplace by Sage Tyrtle (creative...
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