World Folklore and chill

Listen Here Watch Here Musoke The Moon-Boy Years and years ago in Uganda there was a woman whose banana garden bordered the high road, and every night the travellers who passed by stole fruit and vegetables out of her garden, and this made her very angry. So she took counsel with her old nurse, who lived with her, and they dug a ditch, and covered it with sticks, and branches, and earth, and…

Listen Here Watch Here Chapter 28 THE UNTEACHABLE MONKEY In a part of a forest was a troop of monkeys, who found a firefly, one winter evening when they were dreadfully depressed. On examining the insect, they believed it to be fire, so lifted it with care, covered it with dry grass and leaves, thrust forward their arms, sides, stomachs, and chests, scratched themselves, and enjoyed imagining…

Listen Here Watch Here Right and Might While a deer was eating wild fruit, he heard an owl call, “Haak, haak,” and a cricket cry, “Wat,” and, frightened, he fled. In his flight he ran through the trees up into the mountains and into streams. In one of the streams the deer stepped upon a small fish and crushed it almost to death. Then the fish complained to the court, and the deer, owl,…

Listen Here Watch Here The Three Stars  Told by Son Jinte; Gupo (1926) Long ago there lived a rich man who had one daughter. One year he went up to the capital to take a Government post, and left his daughter in charge of the house in his absence. One day a Buddhist monk came begging for alms. The daughter told the maid to give him a little rice. But the monk asked her to fill the bowl up to…

Listen Here Watch Here The Jellyfish and The Monkey Long, long ago, in old Japan, the Kingdom of the Sea was governed by a wonderful King. He was called Rin Jin, or the Dragon King of the Sea. His power was immense, for he was the ruler of all sea creatures both great and small, and in his keeping were the Jewels of the Ebb and Flow of the Tide. The Ebbing Tide jewel caused the sea to recede…

Listen Here Watch Here Beauty and The Horns There was once a rich man who when he was on his death bed, called his son to him and said: “Danilo, my son, I am leaving you my riches. The only thing I ask of you is this: close your ears to all reports of an enchanted maiden who is known as Peerless Beauty and when the time comes for you to marry, please choose a quiet sensible girl of your…

Listen Here Watch Here BICKERMANJI THE INQUISITIVE There was a certain Rajah whose name was Bickermanji. He was very inquisitive, and always wished to know everything that was going on in his kingdom, and what his subjects were doing. At night he disguised himself in common clothes and a blanket, and walked quietly in the streets and bazaars to spy on the people. Next day, when complaints…

Listen Here Watch Here The Two Thieves There was once a thief called the Big Thief, and as you can guess, he was rather large. Now, one day, Big Thief went into a town to steal whatever wasn’t nailed down. When he had walked a little way he met a stranger. ‘Good day stranger! May God be with you!’ they said to one another. ‘Who are you, and what is your trade?’ asked the Big Thief. ‘My trade…

Listen Here Watch Here The Boy Who Was Called Thick Head Three brothers lived with their old Indian mother in the forest near the sea. Their father had been dead for a long time. When he died, he didn’t have a penny to his name, so his widow and sons were very poor. Where they lived there wasn’t a lot of game to be hunted, so they went to bed hungry. The youngest boy was smaller and weaker…

Listen Here Watch Here The Ghost-Brahman Once upon a time there lived a poor Brahman, who, because he wasn’t a Kulin, found it hard to get married. He went to rich houses and begged them to give him money so that he could get married. He needed a large sum of money, not because of the wedding, but for a proper dowry. He went from door to door, flattering rich folk and begging for money; and at…

Listen Here Watch Here The Wicked Stepmother Once upon a time there was a noted hunter, who was a widower. He had a son. He married a new wife, and then he got sick. On his deathbed he said to his wife: “Wife, I am dying, and I know that when my son grows up, he will follow in my footsteps. Take care and be sure not to let him go hunting in the Black Mountains.” After the death of the…

Listen Here Watch Here Getting Even in Gomba  There was a battle going on around the village of Gomba.  In the village there was a lame man who had never walked. Every morning he was carried out into the sunny courtyard and every evening he was carried back to his house; but the battle was raging, and no one remembered the lame man. As he lay in his house he saw a blind man passing by, and a…

Listen Here Watch Here The Enchanted Pomegranate Branch and the Beauty There was once a Padishah who, while being very bored, decided to take a trip with his Vezir. Before setting out, however, he called his Vezir and said: “So that our departure may be a secret, find a man that looks like me and set him on the throne.” The Vezir asked how he could be found. ” Let’s walk around the town for a…

Listen Here Watch Here FIFTEENTH EVENING Grandfather has scarcely taken up his long pipe tonight before the children begin to gather, impatient for the end of the story. Chatanna has been begging his father to tell him whether the Little Boy Man was ever found, but he has been obliged to wait for the old man to go on with his tale. THE RETURN OF THE LITTLE BOY MAN He-who-was-first-Created…

Listen Here Watch Here The Monk Who Left His Body Behind Chapter 25 In the Koshala country is a city called Unassailable. In it ruled a king named Fine-Chariot, over whose footstool rippled rays of light from the diadems of uncounted vassal princes. One day a forest ranger came with this report: “Master, all the forest kings have become turbulent, and in their midst is the forest chief named…

Listen Here Watch Here A Child of The Woods Deep in the forest of the North there is a large village of jungle people, and, among them is one old woman, who is held in reverence by all. The stranger who asks why she is honored as a princess is thus answered by her: “Verily, I have much boon, for I am but a child of nature. When I was a young maiden, it fell upon a day that my heart grew hot…

Listen Here Watch Here The Sun and the Moon Long, long ago there was an old woman who had two children, a son and a daughter. One day, she walked to the next village to work for a rich man. When she finished her work she was given a big wooden box containing buckwheat puddings, also known as halwa in Turkiye. She carried the box on her head, and walked quickly back home to her children.  On…