The Folktale Project

Aug 19

Aug 19 Ep. 592 - The Old Woman and Her Pig - An English Folktale

'The Old Woman and Her Pig' is the silliest of silly English folktales. And for a progressive tale that's saying quite a bit.

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Aug 16

Aug 16 Ep. 591 - The Old Gravestone - A Danish Folktale

Daniel Scholz

Danish Folklore, Hans Chrisitan Andersen

'The Old Gravestone' is a love letter by Hans Christian Andersen to the art of storytelling in quite possibly the saddest way possible. Because it's Hans Christian Andersen.

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Aug 14

Aug 14 Ep. 590 - The Happy Family - A Danish Folktale

Daniel Scholz

Danish Folklore, Hans Chrisitan Andersen

In 'The Happy Family' Hans Christian Andersen gives us a pretty solid allegory for the myopic view of nationalism.

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Aug 12

Aug 12 Ep. 589 - The Teapot - A Danish Folktale

Daniel Scholz

Hans Chrisitan Andersen, Danish Folklore

'The Teapot' is Hans Christian Andersen at his finest. A sweet, sad and poignant tale that is almost a complete rebuttal to last Friday's story of divine classism from the Brothers Grimm.

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Aug 9

Aug 9 Ep. 588 - Eve's Various Children - A German Folktale

Daniel Scholz

The Brothers Grimm, German Folktale

'Eve's Various Children' provides us a divine rationalization for some very serious classism.

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Aug 7

Aug 7 Ep. 587 - The Grey Mare in the Garret - German Folklore

Daniel Scholz

German Folktale

At first blush 'The Grey Mare in the Garret' seems like a ghost story, but in reality it's a love tale set during The Plague in "Folklore and Legends: German".

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Aug 5

Aug 5 Ep. 586 - The Bright Sun Brings it to Light - German Folklore

Daniel Scholz

German Folktale, The Brothers Grimm

In 'The Bright Sun Brings it to Light' the Brothers Grimm bring us a story about the strength of a guilty man's conscience.

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Aug 2

Aug 2 Ep. 585 - The Rabbit's Eyes - A Korean Folktale

Daniel Scholz

Korean Folklore

In the Korean folktale of 'The Rabbit's Eyes' we find a turtle who has nefarious plans and a bunny who is (thankfully) as smart as he is trusting.

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Jul 31

Jul 31 Ep. 584 - A Bridegroom for Miss Mole - A Korean Folktale

Daniel Scholz

Korean Folklore

In 'A Bridegroom for Miss Mole' we meet a father determined to find the best husband in the entire world possible for his beautiful daughter. But nobody feels worthy.

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Jul 29

Jul 29 Ep. 583 - The Unmannerly Tiger - A Korean Folktale

Daniel Scholz

Korean Folklore

'The Unmannerly Tiger' is our very first folklore from Korea and the story of a very hungry, very proud tiger named "Mountain Uncle" 🐯.

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