Storyteller Scheherazade, a king’s bride who tells a series of relaxed bedtime tales to save herself from execution. A 1001 Nights is a collection of relaxed bedtime stories for grown-ups from the Middle East and India. Included in several of the stories are the characters themselves telling their own story, like Aladdin, Sinbad, it features a story-within-a-story. The tales aren’t from one specific area, but originate from a variety of places including India, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Persia. 4 Stories is this Episode: - The Story of the Fisherman. - The Story of the Greek king and the Physician Douban. - The Story of the Husband and the Parrot. - The Story of the Vizir Who Was punished. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scifi-tales/support