Legendary Africa Theshira & Rashalia Pather
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- Society & Culture
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Welcome to Legendary Africa! Your gateway into the mythical, magical and legendary world of the African continent. Join Theshira as she encounters dragons, witches, fairies and magicians, listens to stories about demigods, boy heroes and dragon slaying princesses, runs from ogres, ghosts, vampires and werehyenas, and goes searching for Egyptian treasure! Brought to you by fur-writers, Hestia the Dawg and Athena the Doggo, of the award winning Canine Creative & Co. Proudly a member of Straight Up Strange Productions.
#staylegendary
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Episode 31: Mohammed with the Magic Finger
Hello Legends! Today, I am narrating a tale called Mohammed with the Magic Finger from Andrew Lang's Fairy books. It's a bit of an odd but enjoyable one. Mohammed is a little boy with extraordinary powers and intelligence. And his family is not all that ordinary either....
#staylegendary
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Source: Andrew Lang's Fairy Books
Music credits
Intro/outro: Across the Savannah by Aaron Kenny (YouTube Audio Library)
Other music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) or from YouTube Audio Library
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Sound effects from freesound.org
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Episode 30: Four Animal Tales from South Africa
Hello Legends! Today, I am narrating four Animal folktales from South Africa! We meet several of the Ant clans, a unique Monkey who fights for justice with the help of his fiddle, a Tiger (aka Lion) who is scared of a Ram, and a boastful Lion who learns some important lessons about Man. #staylegendary
A quick note: the source for these tales was published in 1910 and thus contains some outdated and, potentially, offensive words. I am in no way endorsing the use of these words but I think that these tales should still be told as long as we acknowledge that some of the language used are no longer and should no longer be acceptable. The purpose of my podcast is to entertain, relax, and inform listeners of African-based tales – due to years and years of colonisation, African lore has been corrupted. I hope that by telling these tales, even if they do come from 'white, colonial' sources, people will become interested in the original tales and take some time to find out more about the cultures they belong to and the people to whom the stories originally belonged.
Another quick note: My good friend Dustin from Stories Sandman Presents told some tales from this book as well. His podcast is simply delightful and I highly recommend you give him a listen.
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Source: South African Folk-Tales by James Honey (1910)
Music credits
Intro/outro: Across the Savannah by Aaron Kenny (YouTube Audio Library)
Other music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) or from YouTube Audio Library
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Sound effects from freesound.org
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Episode 29: The Heart of a Monkey (or A Washerman's Donkey)
Hello Legends! Today's tale is called The Heart of a Monkey. In this tale, Monkey and Shark become unlikely friends but all is not what it seems...and what on earth does a Washerman's Donkey have to do with it?? #staylegendary
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Source: The Lilac Fairy Book by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1910)
Music credits
Intro/outro: Across the Savannah by Aaron Kenny (YouTube Audio Library)
Other music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Sound effects from freesound.org
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Legendary Africa Update!
Heya you Legends!
Legendary Africa is back! It's been a long long time but my disembodied voice will be back regularly in your ears. These will not be weekly episodes necessarily as life is far too hectic for that, but they will be more often and regular than in these last few months. Enjoy listening to African lore and, as always, feel free to reach out on Twitter, Instagram or via email!
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Episode 28: Fighting Fate - Ancient Egypt
Hello Legends and welcome back to Legendary Africa! Today, we travel to ancient Egypt to learn about a prince who is fated to die.
#staylegendary
Podcast feature: The History of Saqartvelo Georgia – listen here
Timestamps
00:00:00 - Episode start
00:01:43 - Intro
00:02:12 - The Birth of a Pharaoh
00:14:58 - Enter Ramesses
00:20:39 - Khuenaten Risks Fate
00:25:55 - Princess Meketaten
00:35:17 - The Crocodile
00:42:51 - The Cobra
00:45:40 - A Way Out
00:54:46 - Dog
00:56:15 - The End
00:56:38 - Comments
00:58:11 - Podcast feature: The History of Saqartvelo Georgia
01:00:20 - Outro and credits
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Sources
The Brown Fairy Book (1904) by Andrew Lang
Music credits
Intro/outro: Across the Savannah by Aaron Kenny (YouTube Audio Library)
"Ibn Al-Noor" and "Return of the Mummy"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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African Drums (Sting) by Twin Musicom
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sound effects from freesound.org
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Episode 27: Jackal Tales - Trickery Runs in the Family
Hello Legends and welcome back to Legendary Africa! Today, I have some tricky tales from Jackal and his sons. Our first tale follows Jackal himself and a rather unfortunate encounter with Tortoise. Our second tale follows Jackal’s eldest son, Jackal the elder, who tricks the mightiest creatures one after the other until he is brought to a crushing stop by an unlikely beast. Lastly, we meet Jackal’s youngest son, Jackal the younger, who messes with the wrong sheep.
#staylegendary
Podcast feature: History of Africa podcast - listen here
Timestamps
00:00:00 - Episode start
00:01:26 - Intro
00:03:13 - Jackal and Tortoise
00:14:25 - Jackal the elder's tricky deeds
00:31:17 - Jackal and Sheep
00:39:17 - Story comments
00:41:11 - Podcast feature: History of Africa podcast
00:42:18 - Outro and credits
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Instagram: @legendarypod
Twitter: @Legendarypod1
Main link: https://linktr.ee/legendarypodcast
Proud member of the Straight Up Strange Network: https://www.straightupstrange.com/
Sources
The Grey Fairy Book (1900) and The Orange Fairy Book (1906) by Andrew Lang
Music credits
Intro/outro: Across the Savannah by Aaron Kenny (YouTube Audio Library)
'Africa' by Liborio Conti - find his amazing music here
Sound effects from freesound.org
Logo: Made by yours truly on Canva
Customer Reviews
Great Podcast!
I really enjoyed listening to this podcast! It’s a very unique and interesting concept for a Podcast! The open discussions allow the hosts to share their naturally funny and engaging personalities! You can tell they’re very well researched and have great knowledge of the content. Recommend giving this podcast a listen and subscribe!