FIRE on the MOUNTAIN_A Folk Tale of Ethiopia
A story goes that in the ancient days of Ethiopia, the young boy Arha made his way out of the fertile country of Guraghe to find employment in the city of Addis Ababa.
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Robe of Feathers
Mio Strand is in the Province of Suruga. Its sand is yellow and fine, strewn with rose shells at the ebb tide. Its pine trees are ancient and they lean all one way, which is the way that the wild wind wills. Before Mio rolls the deep sea, and behind Mio rises Fuji, the most sacred, the mountain of mountains. Small marvel that the Strange People should come to Mio.
The Boy Who Was Saved By Thoughts
The story you are about you are about to hear comes to us from the First Nations people of Canada. In the culture of these indigenous peoples, written language was not used to record history.Instead, they relied on strong oral tradition to pass on their histories, which became even more important when over 150 years ago, other nationalities arrived and began to settle in North America, forcibly displacing them from their lands.
HABOGI – An Icelandic Fairy Tale
The Nordic Island country of Iceland rises up from the waters where the North Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean meet. It is a land shaped by the forces of…
Finding a New Spring – A tale of perseverance.
Today’s story is a retelling of one of the many ancient Jataka Tales of Buddhist literature, dating back to the 4th century. FINDING A NEW SPRING A tale of perseverance.…
Peach Blossom Shangri-la
The story today was written in China in 421 CE, during a time of political instability and national disunity. The author, Tao Yuan Ming, was thought to be the greatest poet during the centuries between the Han and Tang dynasties, known as the Six Dynasties period.
The Banyan Deer
Today’s story is a re-telling of a 3rd century Jataka Tale. Also known as the “Birth-stories”, the Jatakas form one of the sacred books of the Buddhists, and tell wisdom stories of the Buddha in his many reincarnations. Today's tale is called The Banyan Deer.
The Tale of the Two Falcons
In a far off land long ago, there lived a king who received a gift of two magnificent peregrine falcons. They were the most beautiful birds he had ever seen, and believed to be the fastest birds in the world. Their backs were blue-grey, and under their powerful wings, the feathers of their bodies were barred in black and white. Brilliant, glistening eyes shone out from the smooth, obsidian-colored feathers on their heads.
The Bridge to Forgiveness
Once, somewhere in a beautiful & simple part of the world, there were two brothers, who were born only a few years apart. Their father was a farmer, as his father had been before him, and his father's father, before that. When the boys were young they often took care of each other while he worked the farm, which was quite large.
The Happy Man’s Shirt
Today's tale is a traditional folk tale from Italy called "The Happy Man's Shirt".
The Emperor’s Seed – A Story About Integrity
Today we go to ancient China to listen to the popular story called the Emperor's Seed.