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Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is taken from the world of Norse mythology as interpreted by the master storyteller Podraic Colum in the book: The Children of Odin.  Iduna and Her Apples: How Loki Put the Gods in Danger Sometimes it's best to just let go. In this episode the trickster God Loki teaches by example how holding on too tight and not seeing the inevitable can lead to trouble....

Send us Fan Mail Episode Seven is a classic Russian Tale : Ivan Learns the Language of The Birds. Birds carry so much meaning in our collective culture; from the messenger to the collaborator to omen. This weeks stories is taken from the book:  Folk Tales From The Russian By Xenopho Verra Xenophotovna Kalamatiano de Blumental 1903 Thanks for listening. Narration and sound design by Aaron James Ple...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode is a Czech Fairy Tale taken from the book Czechoslovak Fairy - Tales stories gathered together by Parker Fillmore Published 1919 A happy little girl who loves to sing and dance; cares for her goats and spins wool and flax faithfully. Until the day she meets the Wood Maiden, a mysterious forest fairy who dances by at noon and midnight to the music of treeto...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 5 is adapted from the book: Japanese Fairy World : Stories From The Wonder-Lore Of Japan By William Elliot Griffis 1920 This weeks story is a dreamy Japanese fairy tale.  The tale is set in a place of contrast; the base of the tallest mountain in Japan, Mt. Fuji and where the waters of the Pacific Ocean meet the forest. A moon maiden is intrigued by the natural beauty of t...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 4 is adapted from the book : Savitri and Other Women by Marjorie Strachey first published in 1920. Vasilisa is a recurring heroine of many Slavic tales and in this version she uses her cunning and intellect to rescue her husband Stavros from the dungeon of the tsar of Kief (present day Kiev capital of Ukraine) Thanks for listening. Narration and sound design by Aaron James...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 3 was adapted from the wonderful old book : The Irish Fairy Book.  The Irish Fairy Book was Edited by Alfred Perceval Graves and beautifully illustrated  by George Denham. Published in 1909.  The Corpse Watchers is an oft told Irish fairytale full of symbolism, mystery and heroism. A female protagonist embarks on an otherworldly out of body journey to rescue her sisters an...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is taken from the book "Stories The Iroquois Tell Their Children" by Mabel Powers. The book was published in 1917 and is in the public domain. The name Iroquois is an English corruption of a French corruption of an Algonquian word meaning "real snakes." This may have been an insulting nickname (the Algonquian and Iroquois Indians were tradi...

Send us Fan Mail Episode one! Today's episode is taken from the world of Norse mythology as interpreted by the master storyteller Podraic Colum in the book: The Children of Odin.  The book is in the public domain Narration and sound design by Aaron James. Please reach out to us with any questions or comments or just to send some emojis! @kidsmythplus on facebook/instagram/ youtube Instagram F...