EP 221: Maria of the Forest; How Honoria Kept Her Promise (Eells)

Listen Here Watch Here MARIA-OF-THE-FOREST The Story of a King and His Fate Once upon a time there was a very young king who went into the deep forest on a hunting expedition. He and his favorite page became separated from the rest of the party and soon they realized that they were lost. As

EP 218: The Storm Fiend (Kunoz)

Listen Here Watch Here The Storm Fiend Two cats made a spring, the frog flew with its wings, aunt flea fell down, and the rocks fell on her. The cock was an imam, the cow a barber, the goslings danced; all this happened at the time when a Padishah was old. This old Padishah had

EP 215: The Story of Kanag, The Story of the Tikgi (Cole)

Listen Here Watch Here The Story of Kanag Tinguian When the rice had grown tall and it was near the time for it to ripen, Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen grew fearful lest the wild pigs should break in and destroy all their crop, so they sent their son, Kanag, to the field to guard the grain.

EP 211: The Shinansha (Ozaki)

Listen Here Watch Here THE “SHINANSHA”  OR THE SOUTH POINTING CARRIAGE The compass, with its needle always pointing to the North, is quite a common thing, and no one thinks that it is remarkable now, though when it was first invented it must have been a wonder. Now long ago in China, there was a

EP 210: Sheik Chilli (Dracott)

Listen Here Watch Here Sheik Chilli The hero of this story was one day walking along with a vessel of oil upon his head. As he walked he kept thinking of the future. “I will sell the oil, and with the money I shall buy a goat, and then I shall sell the kids, and

EP 208: The Frog’s Skin (Wardrop)

Listen Here Watch Here The Frog’s Skin There were once three brothers who wished to marry. They said: ‘Let us each shoot an arrow, and each shall take his wife from the place where the arrow falls.’  They shot their arrows; those of the two elder brothers fell on noblemen’s houses, while the youngest brother’s

EP 204: The Devil Comes For Vico (Conde)

Listen Here Watch Here The Devil Comes for Vico Don Vico was the richest man in Huambalo. He had several houses and many fields full of corn, potatoes, and onions. He had vast pastures where herds of horses, sheep, and dairy cows grazed. He was the owner of the El Pingue hills, where the poor

EP 203: The Prancing Mule; The Flying Witch (Conde)

Listen Here Watch Here The Prancing Mule One night, during the tender moon, the people of San Pablo del Lago, in the city of Otavalo, were awakened by a noisy galloping and the clamor of animal hooves through their town. For no apparent reason, the dogs of the town began to howl mournfully at midnight,

EP 202: La Tunda (Conde)

Listen Here Watch Here La Tunda La Tunda is a spirit with the body of a woman who inhabits the wild scrubland of Esmeraldas. Adults and young people, men and women, boys and girls- everyone has at some point heard of her, listened to her seductive songs, or have smelled from afar the irresistible aroma

EP 201: The Enchanted Priest; The Headless Priest (Conde)

Listen Here Watch Here The Enchanted Priest Pataqui is a little town on the border between the provinces of Pichincha and Imbabura, about a half hour from San Jose de Minas. They say that a very long time ago, there was a priest who would travel to San Jose every Sunday to say mass.   One