COMPLETE Myths and Legends Around the World (in English) - Collection 8-mas

Solo or group recordings that are finished and fully available for listeners
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Myths and Legends Around the World (in English) - Collection 8 by Various ( - ).

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/myths-and-legends-around-the-world-08/
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends, heroes, myths, and ancient lore from many different cultures. (Lynette Caulkins)
  • Please choose and record any short myth or legend short story in the public domain. For clarification of what it means for a work to be "in the public domain," see this section of the LibriVox Wiki: http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Copyright_and_Public_Domain. Try to stay with works that run less than 60 minutes. You may read up to 2 selections per volume in this collection. You may use 2 sections for one myth/legend if that is needed. Multiple versions are welcome, so don't worry whether someone else has recorded your topic already; we're happy to hear the version you found, too. :) Please note that in this collection we do not do reservations on sections, as is typically done with LibriVox group projects. If you wonder about the suitability or public domain status of a story you want to record, feel free to ask questions in the discussion before you do the work of a recording. If this collection fills before you are able to do that recording - No Worries! - the next collection will be open for you. :)

    After 12 sections are submitted and approved, we will catalog the collection and make it available to the public.

    Here is a list of sources that still have chapters available: Potential Sources for Myths and Legends Around the World *Please note that you are absolutely welcome to use other public domain sources. (In fact, bonus points for finding a new source, particularly if it contains cultures not yet represented on the list!)

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  • BEFORE recording: Please check the Recording Notes: viewtopic.php?p=6430#p6430
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    1. RECORD:
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    • To upload, you'll need to select the MC, which for the Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 8 is: maryannspiegel
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    When your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread.

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    • Title of the story.
    • Author of the work.
    • A URL link to the source from which you read (etext URL). NOTE: If posting from Gutenberg, please provide the link to the download page instead of the view of the book, e.g. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/# (where # is the Gutenberg project number for the book).
    • The link to your recording file that you copied from the uploader.
    • Length in minutes. (mm:ss)
    • If this is your first Librivox recording, we will also need your name as you would like it to appear in the LibriVox catalog, and, if you have a web page and want it linked to your name in the catalog, the URL of the web page.
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    5. PROOF LISTENING AND DEADLINE FOR EDITS on recordings you have submitted:
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    • We ask that you complete any editing requested by the Dedicated Proof Listener within two weeks of the request, or, if you need more time, that you post in this thread to request an extension. There’s absolutely no shame in this; we’re all volunteers and things happen. Extensions are, however, at the discretion of the Book Coordinator. To be fair to the other readers, sections which cannot be edited in a timely manner may be deleted from the current volume of the Myths and Legends Around the World Collection, but they can always be included in a future volume when the edits are complete.
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Last edited by LCaulkins on May 22nd, 2021, 5:18 pm, edited 7 times in total.
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Fancy some fun character recording? Small parts needed in these dramatic novels: Clouds of Witness | Ivanhoe (DR)
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Post by LCaulkins »

I will continue to DPL on these.

We're on the last section for Collection 7.
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Post by MaryAnnSpiegel »

Lynette,
I'd be happy to MC this for you. I'll get your MW set up.
MaryAnn
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Post by MaryAnnSpiegel »

Did you know that we have updated the first post templates? All the same info, but in a simplified structure.

I realize that you pull your first post from previous projects, so moving to the new template would require some updating on your part, but just wanted to be sure you knew it was out there if you wanted to consider the switch.

MaryAnn
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Post by LCaulkins »

Thanks, MaryAnn!

When I make "normal" projects, I pull the template straight as it is. These are quirky, though, where readers need information that's not on the standard form, and don't need other info (like reserving sections and having two months to do them).

So I pull the template, and then copy/paste the differences into it. I admit this last time, I didn't scrutinize the original code closely, but copy pasted above the MW plug-in zone, and then below it. So next time I'll look more closely and review things. I appreciate you making sure I knew it was updated!
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P.S. Are we OK to hold here in New Projects until the final section fills in Collection 7? I was very surprised it didn't get a submission over the weekend.
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This might wind up needing to go into the next collection, but here is my submission!

Plants of Water Nymphs and Fays in Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics
Richard Folkard
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/44638/44638-h/44638-h.htm#chapter-6
https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw007_plantlore_folkard_kh_128kb.mp3
04:12



Kharrelson's file moving here from Collection 7 overflow
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Post by MaryAnnSpiegel »

Lynette,
Would this be suitable to add to your list of potential sources? ColleenMC flagged it as a Jan 2021 PG release ...

Fairy Tales Told in the Bush - O.S.B. Sister Mary Agnes
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64310

Book of Australian fairy tales.

MaryAnn
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Post by LCaulkins »

Oh, excellent! Thank you to both of you :)
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Post by kharrelson »

Hey there! Just wanted to pop in and say hello and that I've seen I need to fix some things with my original recording. I'm waiting on some clarification for something I was confused about regarding things I need to fix with my recording, but I wasn't sure if I still needed to submit my original recording here with its new name. So, the below is my original recording, renamed, with no edits done yet!

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw008_plantlore_folkard_kh_128kb.mp3
Kayty Harrelson l Recording on Audacity
"People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading." —Logan Pearsall Smith
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Post by JessiW »

Good afternoon!

I would like to continue my quest of reading King Arthur. I'll read the next three (unless the time is too long, in which case I will let you know) but they will be: Merlin the Magician, The Sword Excalibur and Sir Launcelot and the Adventure of the Castle Perilous. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6323/pg6323.html

Thank you for your time!

Sincerely,

Jessica West
~Jessica West

"Paths do not only go one way. We choose which direction to take. I refuse to believe that any outside forces can determine the course of my life." - from Illusions of Fate by Kiersten White
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Post by LCaulkins »

Thanks, Jessica :) I've noted your stories on the source sheet
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Post by tyah »

The sunkin city
Marie H. Frary and Charles Maurice
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/58185/58185-h/58185-h.htm


https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw008_sunkincity_frary_ty_128kb.mp3.
08:43

i have upped the volume. hopfully it isnt too much!

This story was a great read. The city of Stavoren lay in silent under the sea.
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tyah wrote: February 12th, 2021, 7:25 pm The sunkin city
Marie H. Frary and Charles Maurice
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/58185/58185-h/58185-h.htm


https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/mlaw008_sunkincity_frary_ty_128kb.mp3.
08:43

i have upped the volume. hopfully it isnt too much!

This story was a great read. The city of Stavoren lay in silent under the sea.
Perfect. :)

The Sunken City is PL OK :thumbs:

Thanks for another great story, Tyah :)
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Post by tyah »

thats great!

thanks for listening ma'am!
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