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Hello everyone, I'm Anna Celina. I wish you all a day filled with joy and peace in the Lord. Today, to continue our stories on the topic of supernatural mysteries, I will tell you about Exorcism Stories. I invite you to listen along.

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Welcome back to Anna Celina's Stories, and I wish you all a peaceful and successful new day. Continuing our theme of Mysteries, just like last time when I shared with you the Mysteries on Reddit, today I will tell you about some chilling and mysterious murder cases, some of which remain unsolved, shrouded in eternal darkness. I invite you to listen along.

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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to AnnaCelina's stories. I hope you're all having a wonderful day. Today, let's back into the topics of Geography, History and Astronomy. Last time, I shared with you the story of the Earth's Ages, so now, we're going to venture beyond our Earth to explore the vast and limitless stars in the universe. This time, I'll tell you the tale of Humanity's Journey to explore Mars, a story of dreams and aspirations to understand and conquer the stars.

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Welcome back to AnnaCelina's stories, and I wish you all a wonderful day. Now, I'm going to tell you about a new topic, is anyone among you interested in growing and caring for stone plants and succulents? These ornamental plants have a unique origin and require specific planting and care methods. Let's listen in!

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Hello everyone, it's me, AnnaCelina. How's your day going? I wish all the best for each of you. In life, there are times when we encounter many unpleasant things and a lot of difficulties, especially for those who are married, it seems even more challenging. So how can we overcome them?

Marriage life is indeed not easy, but I believe there's always a way to get through it, for two people to hold hands and journey through life together. Let's listen to the honest thoughts about the ups and downs of married life from a woman and see how she managed to overcome them.

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Welcome back to AnnaCelina's stories! Now, let's continue our exploration of the origins of prayers. This time, we'll delve into the Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi.

St. Francis of Assisi's Peace Prayer is a famous Christian prayer attributed to him, although its exact origins and authorship are the subject of some debate. The prayer is also known as the "Peace Prayer of St. Francis" or simply the "Prayer of St. Francis."

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Hello everyone, wishing you a good day. In life, there are times when we encounter risks, misfortunes, or urgent situations that require quick assistance. So, what should we do when we find ourselves in such a predicament? That's where prayer comes in, and Saint Expedite is a special saint known as the patron saint for urgent and desperate cases. Now, let's learn a bit about the biography of Saint Expedite and offer a prayer to him, asking for his help in overcoming difficulties and challenges in our lives.

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Welcome to AnnaCelina's stories. Let's put aside the mysterious tales from Reddit for now, and I will now share with you a new topic. This time, the story is related to the epochs our Earth has experienced in the past. Please join me in listening.

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Welcome to Podcast Fairy Tales. After many years of focusing on fairy tales, I believe it's time for a change. Starting from now, I won't be producing fairy tales anymore but will broaden our topics. I hope this will bring you a fresh and enriching experience. Thank you for accompanying me all this time, and I hope to receive even more recognition and support from all of you.

Beginning this new journey will be "Mysteries on Reddit."

'HUDDEN AND DUDDEN AND DONALD O'NEARY'

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 'CONALL YELLOWCLAW'

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THE FIELD OF BOLIAUNS and THE HORNED WOMEN 

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'GULEESH'

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'CONNLA AND THE FAIRY MAIDEN'

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THE LIGHT PRINCESS. CHAPTER II (END)

THE LIGHT PRINCESS. CHAPTER I

'THE THREE PRINCESSES IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN'

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'THE WIDOW’S SON'

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'THE PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL'

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'SORIA MORIA CASTLE'

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[East of the Sun and West of the Moon, old tales from  the North] THE THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND

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[East of the Sun and West of the Moon, old tales from  the North] Short stories 1

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'THE LASSIE AND HER GODMOTHER'

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[East of the Sun and West of the Moon, old tales from  the North] PRINCE LINDWORM

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THE BLUE BELT

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' EAST OF THE SUN AND  WEST OF THE MOON '

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End of story ‘ The Time for Naggeneen's Plan ’ and this is the final story of 'Irish Fairy Tales'

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[Irish Fairy Tales] The Legend of Bottle Hill

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[Irish Fairy Tales] The Little White Cat

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[Irish Fairy Tales] Billy Duff and the Devil

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[Irish Fairy Tales] The House in the Lake

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[Irish FairyTales] A Year and a Day

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[Irish Fairy Tales] The Three Daughters of King O’Hara

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[Irish Fairy Tales] The Stars in the Water

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[Irish Fairy Tales] Nightingale and the Rose

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[Irish Fairy Tales] Princess Finola and the Dwarf

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 ‘THE STORY OF MARKO THE RICH AND VASILY THE LUCKLESS ’ and this is the final story of 'Russian Fairy Tales'

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‘THE ENCHANTED RING’

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‘THE LITTLE FEATHER OF FENIST THE BRIGHT FALCON’

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 THE TALE OF LITTLE FOOL IVAN’

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‘THE WHITE DUCK’

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 ‘THE WOMAN-ACCUSER'

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 ‘THE TSAREVNA LOVELINESS-INEXHAUSTIBLE’

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There was once a peasant and his wife, and they had one son, and he, though good, was a block head, and no good at all for working in the fields. " Husband mine," said the mother, " there is not much wit in our son, and he will eat us out of house and home; send him away, let him live by himself, and make his own way in the world." So they sent away their son; they gave him a most wretched little nag, a tumble-down hut in the wood, and a cock with five hens...

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By the blue sea, in a certain empire, there dwelt once upon a time a king who was a bachelor, and he had a whole company of archers, and the archers used to go a-hunting with him and shoot the birds that flew about, and provided meat for their master’s table. In this company served a youthful archer named Fedot, a clever marksman was he, never missing his aim, wherefore the King loved him better than all his comrades...

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There once lived in a village two brothers, one of whom was rich, and the other poor. With the rich man everything went swimmingly, in everything he laid his hand to he found luck and bliss; but as for the poor man, slave and toil as he might, fortune flew away from him...

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Far, far behind the blue sea, behind the fiery abyss, in the void places, in the midst of the pleasant meadows, stood a lofty city, and in this city ruled Tsar Umnaya Golova with his Tsaritsa. There they lived a long time, and to their great delight a daughter was born to them, a most lovely Tsarevna whom they called Neotsyenaya, and the next year there was born to them another daughter just as lovely, and her they named the Tsarevna Beztsyenaya...

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There was once upon a time an old man and an old woman, and they had three sons; two were clever, but the third was a fool. The old woman loved the first two, and quite spoiled them, but the latter was always hardly treated. They heard that a writing had come from the Tsar which said, " Whoever builds a ship that can fly, to him will I give my daughter the Tsarevna to wife." The elder brothers resolved to go and seek their fortune, and they begged a blessing of their parents. The mother got ready their things for the journey, and gave them something to eat on the way, and a flask of wine. And the fool began to beg them to send him off too...

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There was once upon a time a merchant's son who squandered and wasted all his goods. To such a pass did he come at last that he had nothing to eat. So lie seized a spade, went out into the marketplace, and began waiting to see if anyone would hire him as a labourer. And behold, the merchant who was one in seven hundred came along that way in his gilded coach; all the day-labourers saw him, and the whole lot of them immediately scattered in every direction and hid themselves in corners. The merchant’s son alone of them all remained standing in the market place...

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RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES

PREFACE

The existence of the Russian Skazki or Marchen was first made generally known to the British Public some twenty years ago by Mr. W. R. S. Ralston in his Russian Folk Tales. That excellent and most engrossing volume was, primarily, a treatise on Slavonic Folk- Lore, illustrated with admirable skill and judgment, by stories, mainly selected from the vast collection of Afanasiev, who did for the Russian what Asbjornsen has done for the Norwegian FolkTale. A year after the appearance of Mr. Ralston s book, the eminent Russian historian and archaeologist, Peter Nikolaevich Polevoi (well known, too, as an able and ardent Shaksperian scholar), selected from the inexhaustible stores of Afanasiev some three dozen of the Skazki most suitable for children, and worked them up into a fairy tale book which was published at St. Petersburg in 1874, under the title of Narodnuiya Russkiya Skazki (Popular Russian Marchen).

To manipulate these quaintly vigorous old-world stories for nursery purposes was, as may, well be imagined, no easy task, but, on the whole, M. Polevoi did his work excellently well, and while softening the crudities and smoothing out the occa-sional roughness of these charming stories, neither injured their simple texture nor overlaid the original pattern. It is from the first Russian edition of M. Polevoi s book that the following selection has been made. With the single exception of " Morozko" a variant of which will be familiar to those who know Mr. Ralston s volume, none of these tales has seen the light in an English dress before; for though both Ralston arid Polevoi drew, for the most part, from the same copious stock, their purposes were so different that their selections naturally proved to be different also. As to the merits of these Skazki, they must be left to speak for themselves. It is a significant fact, however, that all those scholars who are equally familiar with the Russian Skazki and the German Marchen, unhesitatingly give the palm, both for fun and fancy, to the former.

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Series of stories THE STORY OF JOHN 0’ GROATS/ EVA‘S LUCK/ THE FISHERMEN OF SHETLAND/ THE PASTOR‘S NURSE (End)

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Series of stories THE FAIRIES’ MINT/ THE PELLINGS/ THE LONG‐LIVED ANCESTORS/ THE GIANTESS‘S APRON‐FULL/ GWRGAN FARFDRWCH‘S FABLE/ THE STORY OF THE PIG‐TROUGH/ BILLY DUFFY AND THE DEVIL

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Series of stories CROWS/ ROBERT ROBERTS AND THE FAIRIES/ THE FAIRY OF THE DELL/ ELLEN‘S LUCK

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Series of stories TOMMY PRITCHARD/ KADDY‘S LUCK/ THE STORY OF GELERT/ ORIGIN OF THE WELSH

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Series of stories THE CRAIG‐Y‐DON BLACKSMITH/ OLD GWILYM/ THE BABY‐FARMER/ THE OLD MAN AND THE FAIRIES

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AUTHOR‘S NOTE.

These tales were collected by me whilst living in Anglesea during the winter 1891‐2.

With the exception of the French story, they were told me and I took them down at the time.

Particulars respecting the narratives will be found in the Notes.

In most cases I have done but little “editing”, preferring to give the stories as told.

The old book referred to in the Notes I bought from a country bookseller, who knew neither its author, title, or date, but I have since been informed the book is Williams’ Observations on the Snowdon Mountains, published in 1802, a book well known to students of Celtic literature.

P. H. E.

CLARINGBOLD, BROADSTAIRS. April 1894.

Story 1: THE FAIRIES OF CARAGONAN

Once upon a time a lot of fairies lived in Mona.

One day the queen fairy‘s daughter, who was now fifteen years of age, told her mother she wished to go out and see the world.

The queen consented, allowing her to go for a day, and to change from a fairy to a bird, or from a bird to a fairy, as she wished...

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Near a town in India called Ikshumati, on a beautiful wide river, with trees belonging to a great forest near its banks, there dwelt a holy man named Mana Kanaka, who spent a great part of his life praying to God. He had lost his wife when his only child, a lovely girl called Kadali-Garbha, was only a few months old...

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A certain man, named Hari-Sarman, who lived in a little village in India, where there were no rich people and everyone had to work hard to get his daily bread, got very weary of the life he had to lead. He had a wife whose name was Vidya, and a large family; and even if he had been very industrious it would have been difficult for him to get enough food for them all...

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In the branches of a great tree, in a forest in India, lived a wise old crow in a very comfortable, well-built nest. His wife was dead, and all his children were getting their own living; so he had nothing to do but to look after himself. He led a very easy existence, but took a great interest in the affairs of his neighbours. One day, popping his head over the edge of his home, he saw a fierce-looking man stalking along, carrying a stick in one hand and a net in the other...

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The strange adventures related in the story of the Beetle and the Silken Thread took place in the town of Allahabad, "the City of God," so called because it is situated near the point of meeting of the two sacred rivers of India, the Ganges, which the Hindus lovingly call Mother Ganga because they believe its waters can wash away their sins, and the Jumna, which they consider scarcely less holy...

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In the city of Vardhamana in India there lived a powerful king named Vira-Bhuja, who, as was the custom in his native land, had many wives, each of whom had several sons. Of all his wives this king loved best the one named Guna-Vara, and of all his sons her youngest-born, called Sringa-Bhuja, was his favourite. Guna-Vara was not only very beautiful but very good. She was so patient that nothing could make her angry, so unselfish that she always thought of others before herself, and so wise that she was able to understand how others were feeling, however different their natures were from her own...

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Far, far away in a town of India called Chinchini, where in days long gone by the ancient gods in whom the people believed are said sometimes to have appeared to those who called upon them for help, there lived three brothers of noble birth, who had never known what it was to want for food, or clothes, or a house to live in. Each was married to a wife he loved, and for many years they were all as happy as the day was long. Presently however a great misfortune in which they all shared befell their native country...

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In one of the smaller cities of India called Sravasti the people gathered together on a very hot day to stare at and talk about a stranger, who had come in to the town, looking very weary and walking with great difficulty because his feet were sore with tramping for a long distance on the rough roads. He was a Brahman, that is to say, a man who devoted his whole life to prayer, and had promised to give up everything for the sake of pleasing the god in whom he believed, and to care nothing for comfort, for riches, or for good food...

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This is the story of four creatures, none of whom loved each other, who lived in the same banyan tree in a forest in India. Banyan trees are very beautiful and very useful, and get their name from the fact that "banians," as merchants are called in India, often gather together in their shade to sell their goods. Banyan trees grow to a very great height, spreading their branches out so widely that many people can stand beneath them. From those branches roots spring forth, which, when they reach the ground, pierce it, and look like, columns holding up a roof...

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Long, long ago there lived far away in India a woodcutter called Subha Datta and his family, who were all very happy together. The father went every day to the forest near his home to get supplies of wood, which he sold to his neighbours, earning by that means quite enough to give his wife and children all that they needed. Sometimes he took his three boys with him, and now and then, as a special treat, his two little girls were allowed to trot along beside him...