Nighttime Comes to the Rainforest

This lively folk tale, performed by award-winning storyteller Bill Gordh with live narration and banjo accompaniment, explores the origins of day and night in the rainforest. The story follows a quest involving a River Snake King and his daughter to bring sleep and darkness to a land overwhelmed by constant sunlight. Through magic and adventure, the tale explains how night was introduced and concealed, creating a world with both day and night.