EP 226: India- The Monkey, The Tiger, And The Princess; The Jackal And The Guana (Dracott)

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Welcome back listeners to Sandman Stories Presents, a folklore podcast where I read you to sleep or until the next story, I’m your host, Dustin. Today we are back in the book of Indian folklore written down in the Shimla Village tales recorded by Alice Dracott. In the first story, a prince is helped out by a monkey, who wants nothing more than to go home. And in the second story, the Jackal wants to be treated like a king, but there is confusion in his hoo ha.

Source: ⁠SIMLA VILLAGE TALES OR, FOLK TALES FROM THE HIMALAYAS BY ALICE ELIZABETH DRACOTT⁠

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: Frogs by Dustin Steichmann

Music: Ghei Chhand Makarand - Jake Charkey | North Indian Cello | Hindustani Classical | Gayaki Ang

Photo Credit:"Grand Cayman Blue Iguana" by o palsson is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Video by Headliner

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