Fairy tale – Myths and Legends

204-Russian folklore: Get in the Bag

By Jason|2020-11-10T20:51:45-05:00November 10th, 2020|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Fairy tale, Russian, Slavic|

A story from Russia about a soldier with some biscuits who fights demons, heaven, and yes, death herself.

186-Grimm: Don’t Be Weird

By Jason|2020-06-17T08:48:22-04:00June 16th, 2020|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Fairy tale, Grimm|

A story from the Grimm brothers about three down-on-their-luck soldiers who get everything they could ever dream of and then do their absolute best to lose it.

173-Tunisian Folklore: Fortune

By Jason|2020-02-19T02:56:23-05:00February 19th, 2020|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Fairy tale, Tunisian|

Fortune favors the bold. Or people willing to put up with a terrible decade. Or the best liars.

172-Norwegian Folklore: Adventure!

By Jason|2020-02-11T23:21:05-05:00February 11th, 2020|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Fairy tale, Norway|

The story of the master thief from Norway.

166-Grimm Brothers: The Dark Forest

By Jason|2019-12-17T22:45:04-05:00December 17th, 2019|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Fairy tale, Grimm|

Two (originally children's) tales that underscore the shocking brutality of the world in which these stories were told.

163-Hansel and Gretel: Crumble

By Jason|2019-11-19T23:10:46-05:00November 19th, 2019|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: Fairy tale, Grimm Brothers, Hansel and Gretel|

The wonderfully ridiculous and surprisingly human original story of Hansel and Gretel

156-Italian Folklore: Clever Girl (ad-free)

By Jason|2019-10-01T21:27:16-04:00October 1st, 2019|Categories: Member Post|Tags: Fairy tale, Italian, Straparola|

Two stories, one from Italy, one from England. In the one from italy, Costanza is born which would usually be pretty great...except her parents are already in retirement and have given everything away to her older sisters, so she sets out on her own in the wild medieval world. The second story is Molly Whuppie, whose [...]

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