Asian Art Museum Storyteller Asha Bajaj tells a story about a witty princess who outsmarted death.

Savitri: The Princess who Outsmarted Death

Asian Art Museum Storyteller Leta Bushyhead tells a story about how a prince became the Buddha.

How a Prince Became the Buddha

Asian Art Museum storyteller Fred Shang tells a lunar new year story about the Chinese zodiac.

Why the Rat Comes First: A Lunar New Year Story

Asian Art Museum Storyteller Monica Desai tells a Hindu story about the lion-headed Narasimha.

Narasimha

Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Elizabeth Overmeyer, tells a story in the Chinese galleries about six Chinese brothers.

Six Chinese Brothers

Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Miriam Mills, engages pre-school students with a story about a tiger and a puppy in the museum's Korea galleries.

Tiger and the Puppy (pre-school version)

Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Miriam Mills, engages pre-school students in the museum's Korea galleries by telling a Korean folktale about a tiger and a puppy using artworks from the Asian Art Museum's collection.

Odon the Giant (pre-school version)

Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Leta Bushyhead, tells a story about the First Emperor (Qin Shihuang) and the Great Wall of China in the Asian Art Museum's Chinese galleries.

The Great Wall Crumbles at Her Tears

Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Leta Bushyhead, tells the story of Nowruz, the Persian New Year.

Nowruz: The New Day of the New Year

Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Miriam Mills, engages pre-school students with a Japanese story in front of the teahouse at the Asian Art Museum.

Roly Poly Rice Ball (pre-school version)

Storytelling Videos

Liz Nichols, Asian Art Museum Storyteller, tells a Japanese story about the sun goddess, Amaterasu in the museum's Japan galleries.

Amaterasu: The Sun Goddess

Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Jean McDermid, tells a story about five Chinese brothers.

Five Chinese Brothers

Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Leta Bushyhead, tells a Lunar New Year story about Nian, the beast, using works of art from the museum's collection.

Nian, The Beast

Miriam Mills,Asian Art Museum Storyteller, tells the story of Gecko: A Balinese Folktale (adapted by Miriam Mills).Note: This story was inspired by a Balinese tale in "Folk Tales from Bali and Lombok" by Margaret Muth Alibash (Jakarta:Penerbit Djambatan, 1990). The story also is retold by Balinese storyteller Made Taro in his "Lagu-Lagu Permainan Traditional Bali" (Denpasar:Upada Sastra, 1999). In Made Taro's version, a woodpecker begins the tale and the chief is a lion, rather than a human. Illustrator, Geraldo Valèrio, made an artistic decision to depict the village head as an elephant. The tale includes folklore motifs: J2102 Expensive means of getting rid of insects, and Z40 Chains with interdependent members. In this tale I hope for Gecko's call to echo that of the Indonesian wall gecko's nightly call of TOK-keh!

Miriam Mills,Asian Art Museum Storyteller, tells the story of Gecko: A Balinese Folktale (adapted by Miriam Mills).<br><br>Note: This story was inspired by a Balinese tale in "Folk Tales from Bali and Lombok" by Margaret Muth Alibash (Jakarta:Penerbit Djambatan, 1990). The story also is retold by Balinese storyteller Made Taro in his "Lagu-Lagu Permainan Traditional Bali" (Denpasar:Upada Sastra, 1999). In Made Taro's version, a woodpecker begins the tale and the chief is a lion, rather than a human. Illustrator, Geraldo Valèrio, made an artistic decision to depict the village head as an elephant. The tale includes folklore motifs: J2102 Expensive means of getting rid of insects, and Z40 Chains with interdependent members. In this tale I hope for Gecko's call to echo that of the Indonesian wall gecko's nightly call of TOK-keh!

Gecko: A Balinese Folktale

Leta Bushyhead, Asian Art Museum Storyteller, tells a Chinese folktale inspired by objects in the museum's collection. Note: The objects in this video are used to enhance this telling of The Magic Paintbrush and were not created by the artists specifically to illustrate this story.

The Magic Paintbrush

Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Miriam Mills, tells an excerpt from The Ramayana (The Life of Rama) in the Southeast Asian galleries at the Asian Art Museum. This video features artworks from the Asian Art Museum's permanent collection.

"The Abduction of Sita": An Excerpt from the Ramayana (The Life of Rama)

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