Finishing off our week of tales from Joseph Jacobs we have what is absolutely my favorite version of the Goldilocks tale - 'Scrapefoot'.
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Ep. 949 - The Three Wishes - An English Fairytale
'The Three Wishes' is a lovely English fairytale about thinking before you speak and of course a delicious black pudding.
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Ep. 948 - The Three Cows - An English Fairytale
'The Three Cows' is the truly terrifying English tale of pixies tormenting a farmer, and his cows.
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Ep. 947 - Winter's Herald - An Autumnal Story
'Winter's Herald' is a tale of how Jack Frost (under a different name) comes to the world to warn of the impending winter.
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Ep. 946 - Golden-Rod and Purple Aster - An Autumnal Story
'Golden-Rod and Purple Aster' is the slightly sad origin story of the flowers who are best friends.
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Ep. 941 - The Twelve Months - A Slavic Folktale
Our final Slavic tale of the week attempts a new way to teach the time honored lesson "If you're good and kind, you'll be rewarded. If you're rude, you'll send up dead." A bit on the harsh side for sure, but probably pretty effective in its own way.
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Ep. 940 - Time and the Kings of the Elements - A Slavic Folktale
Today's Slavic folktale is a story of a husband and wife who love each other very much, and is very reminiscent of 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon'.
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Ep. 939 - The Two Brothers - A Slavic Folktale
This week we have three Slavic stories from a new book, "Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen", beginning with the tale of 'The Two Brothers'.
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Ep. 938 - The Star-Money - A German Folktale
Our final tale from the Brothers Grimm, 'The Star-Money', is a short tale that proves the Grimms are more than purveyors of dark fairy tales.
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Ep. 937 - Ash-Maiden - A German Folktale
'Ash-Maiden' is my absolute favorite version of the Cinderella tale, it combines and ground the magical elements you remember into something a bit difference and a bit better in my opinion.