Podcast
Family Folktales
Hosted by Jenny Ellis · EN
What is Family Folktales? Think of it as story time on demand. Whether you're running errands, trying to make dinner, or getting little someones ready for bed, you can listen to a story or two. The stories may be new to you or old favorites. They may even be different, possibly gorier, versions of those stories you now share with your children. Listen, wherever you get podcasts.
21episodes
Episodes
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Mogarzea and His Son
2d agoTap to summarizeAn orphaned lad is betrayed by his guardian and runs off to seek his fortune. He takes refuge with a giant named Mogareza whose soul was stolen as he traveled to marry. Will Mogarzea regain his soul? Listen and find out!
Transcribe →The Golden Branch
1w agoTap to summarizeWhen characters have silly names like King Grumpy, Prince Curlicue, and Princess Cabbage-Stalk, can any of them expect to live happily ever after? Listen and find out!
Transcribe →The Boy and the Wolves, or The Broken Promise
2w agoTap to summarizeA brother and sister promise their dying father to care for their much-younger brother and later reiterate that promise to their dying mother. But when the weather turns warm, first the older brother leaves and then the sister, leaving food and telling the boy they will return.
Transcribe →Jackal or Tiger?
3w agoTap to summarizeA silly wager results in a queen’s banishment – but what will be the fate of the king’s soon-to-be-born son?
Transcribe →The Little Soldier
Jun 17Tap to summarizeAfter a soldier returns a bewitched princess to her original form he discovers her faithlessness, only to be taken in by her again and again. How can some very special plums help him gain his revenge and escape the princess and her father?
Transcribe →What the Rose Did to the Cypress, Part 2
Jun 10Tap to summarizePrince Almas-ruh-baksh has survived, and found himself a few wives! But what will become of the princess who caused the deaths of his brother and so many others?
Transcribe →What the Rose Did to the Cypress, Part 1
Jun 3Tap to summarizeAfter his older brothers die in their attempts to win a princess, the youngest prince sets out on the same quest. Will he survive his attempts and win the princess?
Transcribe →The Story of the Three Sons of Hali part 2
May 27Tap to summarizeThe story of the sons continues with more magic and wonder, as well as The Story of the Fair Circassians!
Transcribe →The Prince Who Wanted to See the World
May 13Tap to summarizeA prince sets off seeking adventure but ends up the slave to a king -- and one who hates the young prince’s father! Will the prince find his way to freedom, despite the impossible tasks set him by his cruel master?
Transcribe →Cannetella
May 6Tap to summarizeA princess will only marry a man who fits a precise description – and the only one who fits is a sorcerer and her father’s deadly enemy! Will this tale end in tears or in triumph?
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