Կիկոսին Մահը (The Death of Gigos)

Written by Hovhannes Tumanian, narrated by Linda Kandilian and music design by Avedis Ohanian.  While working, the poor man asks his daughter to go to the well to get some water. She goes to the well and thinks...if I get married, have a son, name him Gigos, and if Gigos comes here, climbs up this tree, falls down on the stone and dies...She then begins to weep over her dead son Gigos. Will her father ever get the water?    

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Each episode of HyePod features a moral short story that ranges from retelling of classic international fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood to Armenian tales written by prominent Armenian writers like Hovhannes Tumanian. These stories are told in Armenian in a manner that is engaging and easy to understand. The goal of this podcast is to make the Armenian language more accessible to children across the world and use the power of storytelling to help preserve the Armenian language and values through our future generations. This podcast is made possible by a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Visit us at HyePod.com.