Family Folktales
Children's Topics & Stories
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.
Location:
Nashville, TN
Description:
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.
Language:
English
Episodes
The Nettle Spinner
11/22/2023
A wicked count requires a young woman to spin her wedding shift and his burial shroud out of nettles from the cemetery before he will allow her to marry her beloved. No one has spun nettles before; is she up for the task?
Duration:00:16:50
The Hazel-Nut Child
11/8/2023
A couple is thrilled when they have a child the size of a hazel-nut, but they find it difficult to be supportive when he announces his plan to become a messenger. When he goes out to seek his fortune, will his small size be a help or a hindrance?
Duration:00:07:47
The Elf-Maiden
10/25/2023
Two young men fall in love with the same woman, and one conspires to abandon his friend on an island. But what will happen when he draws blood from a lovely young elf maiden?
Duration:00:15:53
The Enchanted Head
10/11/2023
A poor woman on her way to market is accosted by a head with no body, which then follows her home! Might there be a way for the two to help each other?
Duration:00:17:04
The Death of Koschei the Deathless
9/27/2023
A prince’s three sisters have all married wizards who can transform into birds, while the prince marries a warrior princess. Will his sisters’ husbands be able to help him when he inadvertently releases his bride’s arch-enemy?
Duration:00:28:14
The Cats' Elopement
9/13/2023
Two cats fall in love and leave their homes to find happiness together. When one is taken in by a princess, what will become of the other?
Duration:00:09:14
The Brave Little Tailor
8/30/2023
A tailor kills seven flies in a single blow! But when his bragging is a bit unclear, who knows what adventures await?
Duration:00:23:05
The Princess on the Glass Hill
8/16/2023
Cinderlad proves to be braver than his older brothers and is generously rewarded, but will he find a way to win the hand of the princess?
Duration:00:24:21
The Shifty Lad
8/9/2023
A woman is heartbroken when her only son declares that, rather than learn an honest trade, he will become a thief. The lad apprentices with a successful thief, but will he still meet the dire end predicted by his mother?
Duration:00:30:21
The One-Handed Girl
8/2/2023
A man dies, leaving to his son all his property, but gives his daughter a blessing. Later, the brother cuts his sister’s hand off in anger. Will either of them live happily ever after?
Duration:00:36:57
The Donkey Cabbage
7/26/2023
A young man does a kindness for an old woman, but the reward he gets is stolen by a witch! Will he be able to outsmart her and regain his treasures?
Duration:00:18:25
Jesper who Herded the Hares
7/22/2023
A kind and clever young man named Jesper sets off to marry the princess. Will the tasks the king sets prove too much for him?
Duration:00:25:24
The Goat’s Ears of the Emperor Trojan
7/19/2023
The emperor has ears like a goat’s, but woe to anyone who says so! Might a barber’s apprentice be the one who can hold his tongue?
Duration:00:07:31
Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye, or, The Limping Fox
7/12/2023
Three brothers set out on a quest to recover their father’s greatest treasure. Will any of them share their food with a limping fox, or take his help in finding their father’s treasure?
Duration:00:11:14
The Story of the Three Bears
7/5/2023
What would you do if an old woman broke into your house, ate your food, broke your furniture, and fell asleep in your bed? There’s no Goldilocks in this version of the classic story!
Duration:00:10:08
The Turtle and his Bride
6/28/2023
A young woman is convinced to marry a turtle, but when he goes off to war, she marries someone else. Will she be able to outsmart the turtle and free herself?
Duration:00:11:38
Janni and the Draken
6/21/2023
Janni and his sister are alone in the world. What will happen when she falls in love with a dragon who wants Janni dead – and then marries the dragon?
Duration:00:12:12
Prince Fickle and the Fair Helena
6/14/2023
A fairy helps a girl with the impossible tasks set by the girl’s stepmother; later she is wooed by a prince! When he forgets all about her, what will she do?
Duration:00:14:12
Prunella
6/7/2023
A girl takes plums from a witch’s tree, and the witch takes her prisoner in return. Will the witch’s son help the girl, or stay loyal to his mother?
Duration:00:13:07
The Magic Book
5/31/2023
A lazy lad takes an easy position but is too lazy to even do that properly. While snooping in a room he was not supposed to enter, he finds a book of magic – and everything changes.
Duration:00:21:16