Myths, Folklore, and Fairytales

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The Korrigan Aug 24, 2020

A mother forgets to bless a baby, a roving do-no-gooder takes advantage, and a dwarf does his best. His best worst, that is.

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The Man Who Nearly Became Fish Paste Aug 17, 2020

Two men play chess, a sick man dreams, and a carp prays. This week's story comes from China.

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The Enchanted Flute Aug 10, 2020

A turban hides a secret, an earth-bound whisper becomes a reed, a reed becomes a flute, and a flute become a tattletale. This week's story comes from the country of Ethiopia.

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The Secret of Heather Ale Aug 03, 2020

A story from Scotland - don't worry, I'm not on a Scottish kick, it was just an oversight on my part that I would have chosen two Scottish stories so close together. We're reading something from Ethiopia next week so if you're yawning over Scotland, don't fret! More countries are on their way!

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The One-Hundred Pistoles Jul 31, 2020

A man goes to market, trusts an inn keeper who sure does like to keep... things that aren't his! How will our protagonist fair? Listen to find out.

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Source material: https://www.abebooks.com/9780394544519/FRENCH-FOLKTALES-Pantheon-Fairy-Tale-039454451X/plp

Art used in episode cover: Der zufriedene Kellermeister , 1896, by Eduard von Grützner

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Carib Culture and Stories Jul 24, 2020

In service to listener Stephan Gíl, I sought out a story from Carib aboriginal culture this week and... I almost completely failed. Luckily I found a JSTOR copy of a 1955 edition of Caribbean Quarterly which, also luckily, contained a nine page write up on Carib cultural stories by E.P. Banks.

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The original document can be found on the blog post accompanying this episode, which should be up by the end of today (7/24/2020 - I'm writing it now) so you can read it yourself.

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The Missing Web Jul 17, 2020

"The Missing Web" is a story from the book "Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales" by Sir George Douglas (1901). Douglas, of course, is not the author of the story itself, merely the version of it presented in this book. I, for my part, modified it still further in order to keep a tolerable cadence and not drive you into madness with my poor Scottish accent and clumsy handling of the Gaelic language.

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Original text: https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/sfft/sfft72.htm

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The Secret of Iidamachi Pond Jul 09, 2020

The Story of Iidamachi Pond is a story from the book "Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan" by Richard Gordon Smith.

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Original text: https://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/atfj/atfj42.htm

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Costantino Fortunato Jul 03, 2020

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The Magic Fiddle Jun 25, 2020

Read from the book "Indian Fairy Tales", written by Joseph Jacobs and originally published in 1912 by New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.

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The Finding of Fire Jun 14, 2020

Though I missed it before the reading, I've been able to determine that this story is from the Yana peoples - a Native American tribe from Northern California. This story, then, should be dated between around the mid 17-hundreds BUT is probably significantly older since we do not know how long this tribe, or this story, existed before Curtin recorded it.

And there should be many caveats in what I just said. Yana seems to be a language, while the peoples seem to be Ishi, or Yahi, but I'm not an expert - just a story sharer. If you have more information about this story, or about this tribe, I would love it if you could reach out and perhaps write something for our upcoming blog on this story - we need experts, and if that's you, well then, I hope you'll get in touch.

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The Yana / Ishi People

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Names:

Ahalamila, gray wolf;
Au Mujaupa, master of fire;
Chil Daiauna, big hail;
Chil Wareko, big rain;
Juhauju, west wind;
Júkami, north wind;
Jukilauyu, east wind;
Juwaju, south wind;
Gagi, crow;
Metsi, coyote;
Patcha, snow;
Sabil Keyu, small hail;
Shushu Marimi, dog woman;
Siwegi, a small bird, unknown.

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What to expect from this podcast Jun 13, 2020

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