Myths, Folklore, and Fairytales

The Satyr's Minute is our daily Alexa Flash Briefing, but we republish it here so you can hear it too! Regular episodes of the Myths Folklore and Fairytales podcast publish every Monday and feature full-length episodes. Looking for daily full-length episodes? Become a member.

The Satyr's Minute is our daily Alexa Flash Briefing, but we republish it here so you can hear it too! Regular episodes of the Myths Folklore and Fairytales podcast publish every Monday and feature full-length episodes. Looking for daily full-length episodes? Become a member.

The Satyr's Minute is our daily Alexa Flash Briefing, but we republish it here so you can hear it too! Regular episodes of the Myths Folklore and Fairytales podcast publish every Monday and feature full-length episodes. Looking for daily full-length episodes? Become a member.

The Satyr's Minute is our daily Alexa Flash Briefing, but we republish it here so you can hear it too! Regular episodes of the Myths Folklore and Fairytales podcast publish every Monday and feature full-length episodes. Looking for daily full-length episodes? Become a member.

This one's a bit late, but boy oh boy I think you'll be happy with what's going on for the rest of the week - and every week thereafter if you like the change. Let me know! Thanks! Want daily episodes? Become a member! Looking for the Alexa skill? Find it here Narration by Tanner Campbell Music by Nico Vettese Blog posts: https://medium.com/myths Follow us on Twitter

I'd like to apologize ahead of time to anyone from the Hudson River Valley who feels personally attacked by my accent in this story. I owe you a Schnapps. You know the story, of course, but perhaps it's been a while since you heard it. I hope I can scratch that itch - iffen' there was one. Want daily episodes? Become a member! Looking for the Alexa skill? Find it here Narration by Tanner Campbell Music by Nico Vettese Blog posts: https://medium.com/myths Follow us on Twitter

A man cheats death, a boy becomes a great physician, and a Czech tale begets a Yiddish sidebar. Want daily episodes? Become a member! Looking for the Alexa skill? Find it here Original source can be found here Narration by Tanner Campbell Music by Nico Vettese Blog posts every week: https://medium.com/myths Follow us on Twitter

A man cheats death, a boy becomes a great physician, and a Czech tale begets a Yiddish sidebar.

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. Want daily episodes? Become a member! Looking for the Alexa skill? Find it here Original source can be found here Narration by Tanner Campbell Music by Nico Vettese Blog posts every week: https://medium.com/myths Follow us on Twitter

Two men play chess, a sick man dreams, and a carp prays. This week's story comes from China. Want daily episodes? Become a member and get access to the daily companion podcast. Source text: https://amzn.to/3gXeGw7 Mentioned in the episode: My Neighbor Totoro Fish paste Narration by Tanner Campbell Music by Nico Vettese Blog post mentioned in this episode: https://medium.com/myths Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

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. Source text: https://amzn.to/2Dw3vvY Additional resources: Religions in Ethopia The Oromo or Galla peoples The God Waaqeffanna JSTOR Paper Galla Peoples book Narration by Tanner Campbell Music by Nico Vettese Subscribe to our Premium Podcast, The Daily Read, for just $5/mo and get stories every day: https://read.supercast.tech Blog post mentioned in this episode: https://medium.com/myths Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

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. Take that, crappy memory of mine! 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. Narration by Tanner Campbell Music by Nico Vettese Subscribe to our Premium Podcast, The Daily Read, for just $5/mo and get stories every day: https://read.supercast.tech Accompanying blog post: https://medium.com/myths Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

"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. Music by Nico Vettese Narration by Tanner Campbell Accompanying blog post: https://medium.com/myths The Daily Read: https://read.supercast.tech Original text: https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/sfft/sfft72.htm Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

The Story of Iidamachi Pond is a story from the book "Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan" by Richard Gordon Smith. Music by Nico Vettese Narration by Tanner Campbell Accompanying blog post: https://medium.com/myths The Daily Read: https://read.supercast.tech Original text: https://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/atfj/atfj42.htm Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

The Story of Iidamachi Pond is a story from the book "Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan" by Richard Gordon Smith. Music by Nico Vettese Narration by Tanner Campbell Accompanying blog post: https://medium.com/myths The Daily Read: https://read.supercast.tech Original text: https://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/atfj/atfj42.htm Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

Sign up for nightly readings, beginning July 6th! https://portlandpod.supercast.tech Listen to my friends: https://redcircle.com/shows/stories-that-made-us Accompanying blog post: https://medium.com/myths/straparolas-cat-8ef9e579b70 Want to be a guest on this show? Or maybe you have feedback? Visit our website an fill out the contact form: https://mffpodcast.com Source text: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=18959911189 This podcast is written and produced by Tanner Campbell and The Portland Pod of Portland, Maine. Music production by Nico Vettese of We Talk of Dreams. unless otherwise noted. Sound Design and Engineering by Tanner Campbell.

Read from the book "Indian Fairy Tales", written by Joseph Jacobs and originally published in 1912 by New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Visit our blog for more thoughts on this story: https://medium.com/myths Feedback or comments on this story? Send them to tanner@portlandpod.com Are you an expert on this story, or the culture from which it originates? Would you like to appear as a guest on this podcast to discuss it? Send an email to tanner@portlandpod.com Source text: https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/ift/ift07.htm Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/mythsfolklorefairytales Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsfolklorefairytales Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mythsfolklore

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. Original story The Yana / Ishi People Write in, as an expert 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.

Meet your host (that's me), and discover what to expect from this podcast. Maybe it's for you, maybe it's not - listening to this episode will help you make that determination. Referenced in this episode: Project Gutenberg Myths & Legends Podcast Joseph Campbell Follow this podcast on Twitter @MythsFolklore