Afternoon Reading - Telling the World

Series of stories from cultures and folklore around the world

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  Afternoon Reading - Telling the World - The Girl Who Fell

  Series of stories from cultures and folklore around the world. Nick Hennessey tells the creation story from the Karelian epic The Kalevala, an ancient myth from the Finno-Ugric people of the Baltic. It starts at the very beginning, with the ocean and the wind. A Watershed Partnership production for BBC Radio 4.
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  Afternoon Reading - Telling the World - Lord Shiva and the Death Boon

  Series of stories from cultures and folklore around the world. Peter Chand tells his version of a story from the Punjab, via Wolverhampton. A Watershed Partnership production for BBC Radio 4.
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  Afternoon Reading - Telling the World - Baucis and Philemon

  Series of stories from cultures and folklore around the world. Daniel Morden tells one of Ovid's timeless tales of transformation, drawing on classical mythology to illustrate the power of enduring love.
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  Afternoon Reading - Telling the World - The Glamoury Ointment

  Series of stories from cultures and folklore around the world. Hugh Lupton tells a story from English folklore featuring the powerful magic of the fair.
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  Afternoon Reading - Telling the World - Tortoise and Hunter

  Series of stories from cultures and folklore around the world. Jan Blake tells a tale from Ghana which serves as an uncompromising warning to those who refuse to hear what their ears are telling them.