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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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A prince wants to save a beautiful maiden who is under a witch's curse. When the pair try to escape from the witch, they learn how a small kindness may be repaid!
Two frogs, one from Kyoto and the other from Osaka, each set out to see the other city. What will they learn when they meet in the middle?
A young man trades his three sheep for three dogs with unusual abilities, and they help him save a princess! Will they be able to save her again when she is blackmailed into marrying another?
You may have heard a different version of this story before, but the moral remains the same: never judge a book by its cover!
Three soldiers, deserters from a great battle, make a bargain with a dragon: they will have all the money they need for seven years, and then be prepared to serve the dragon – unless they can find the answer to his riddle ….
A king passing by a charcoal burner’s hut hears the man and his wife lamenting their lives; he invites the pair to live in the castle as his guests. At dinner, he gives them only one rule: they must never lift the lid on the soup tureen on the dining table. Will the pair live happily ever after?
A king seriously injures his foot and only one person is able to bring him relief. When his specially treated shoe is lost, so is all hope; the man responsible for his freedom from pain has died. Is there anyone living who may ease his pain?
After the birth of her greatly-anticipated child, a queen fails to show proper respect to the crab-fairy responsible; in retaliation, the crab-fairy curses the infant princess to never know sunlight until she reaches her fifteenth birthday. Years later, just before that all-important birthday, her
A young woman agrees to marry a hoodie-crow, and all is well until her three babies are stolen. When her crow husband also disappears, the young woman sets out on a quest to reunite her family.
Two wives try to convince their husbands of more and more outrageous things to prove which man is more foolish in this Icelandic tale!
A boy with unusual abilities saves his uncle’s life three times; when the two set out to seek their fortunes, which one will save the other?
Who doesn’t love a wedding? When a miller invites several animal chiefs to his wedding, a young lad tries to warn them away from the event; will any of the animals listen?
You may already be familiar with the basic story of a misfit duckling, but there’s more to the story than you probably know!
This is the tale of a wolverine who blames everyone else for his troubles. Will he continue in his wicked ways, or meet a grisly end?
An old man dies, leaving only his falcon, his cat, and his greyhound for his son. After that, this story bears a surprising resemblance to Aladdin – with the addition of a very clever cat who can convince even rats to help him!
A lost king promises a stranger to give him the first thing that comes out of his home to greet him in exchange for helping the king return home.
Legend has it that Virgil, the ancient Roman poet, was a magician! You can hear some of those tales in this retelling.
A man attempts to rescue his beloved, who has been abducted by an ogre. But what will he do when that ogre transforms her into a strange creature? Can the pair ever find happiness?
A cat and a mouse agree to live together, sharing the household chores and stocking up food for the cold winter. But what do you think will happen when the cat finds herself unable to stop thinking about the tasty treat they have stored up?
A queen, second wife to the king, contrives to raise her daughter above the true princess. When a suitor rejects her daughter in favor of the king’s daughter, he is transformed into a blue bird. Will he ever regain his human form, and gain the hand of the girl he loves?
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