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.
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The Story of Sigurd
3d agoTap to summarizeSigurd is the greatest figures in Norse mythology, and also one of the most tragic. This is the ancient story of his rise and fall.
Transcribe →The Frog and the Lion Fairy
1w agoTap to summarizeA young queen, bored while the king is at war, goes out hunting and disappears; she has been taken by the Lion Fairy! Will her dear friend, a frog, be able to get to the king in time to prevent his remarriage, and guide him to her rescue?
Transcribe →The White Duck
2w agoTap to summarizeWhen a king goes off to war, he warns the queen against having anything to do with strangers. When she fails to heed his warning, she is transformed into a white duck by an evil witch, who them takes the queen’s place. Will the queen ever regain her rightful place?
Transcribe →Mogarzea and His Son
3w 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
Jul 8Tap 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
Jul 1Tap 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?
Jun 24Tap 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?
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