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**Family Folktales**

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.

Latest Episodes:

The Foolish Weaver Jan 13, 2021

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A weaver needing work takes a job as a shepherd – but wait until you hear how foolish he and some other weavers are!

The Slaying of the Tanuki Dec 30, 2020

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An old peasant is tricked by a wicked tanuki into doing something terrible. Now the peasant and his friend, a hare, must work together to bring about the tanuki’s demise.

Beauty and the Beast Dec 16, 2020

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The filmed versions of this story that you’ve seen stay pretty close to this version of this tale. If you enjoyed the versions by Disney or Cocteau, you’ll like this too!

The Golden Goose Dec 02, 2020

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A young man called Dullhead by his family is kind to a stranger and is rewarded with a golden goose. When a young woman finds the goose irresistible, she also finds herself stuck to it, along with a flock of others! Dullhead decides to use these silly people to try and win the hand of a princess – but what will the king say to that?

The Goat-Faced Girl Nov 18, 2020

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A poor man with too many mouths to feed agrees to give his youngest daughter to a giant lizard to raise. The girl is raised like a princess, with lovely manners – and a bad attitude. That attitude may lead her into a difficult situation when she marries the king!

The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother Nov 04, 2020

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After being disowned by his father for marrying without his knowledge, a once-wealthy young man descends into poverty. Although his brother shows him some kindness and he has some small success, his greedy sister-in-law plunges him into legal turmoil. Can he refute the charges against him, or will he lose his life?

Family Folktales: The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground Oct 21, 2020

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A princess has spent her entire life in an underground palace, and now that she is of marriageable age, the king has set a challenge: find the princess, and you shall marry her. Try and fail, and you lose your life. Is this clever young man clever enough to outwit the king?

Family Folktales: Hermod and Hadvor Oct 07, 2020

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In this Icelandic tale, a princess must avoid a forced marriage to a giant, and outwit a witch and that giant’s ghost so she can save her beloved foster brother from living half his life as a lion!

Family Folktales: The Satin Surgeon Sep 23, 2020

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A young emperor falls in love with a neighboring princess, only to find that his ambassadors are arranging a marriage to her less-desirable older sister, who is outraged at the emperor’s choice of her younger sister. She convinces her father to exile the younger princess in a tower in the desert with the older sister’s nurse as a companion and guard, but the emperor finds her, though he is seriously injured when he tries to see her. Will the two lovers thwart the older sister’s evil plan and find happiness?

Family Folktales: The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife Sep 09, 2020

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A King is eager to marry, but insists that his bride should be as beautiful as the sun. So how does he end up married to an elderly witch?