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The Thousand and One Nights — The Fisherman and the Genie — Part One
Season 8 Episode 3
The Thousand and One Nights — The Fisherman and the Genie — Part One
A poor fisherman draws up a sealed copper vessel and frees a jinni who has sworn …
3 days, 22 hours ago
Popular Tales from the Norse — Part 2 of 14 (The Mastermaid — Part One)
Season 14 Episode 2
Popular Tales from the Norse — Part 2 of 14 (The Mastermaid — Part One)
Boots out-tells a princess, a fox talks his way into work, and a prince meets …
3 days, 22 hours ago
Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry — Part 7 of 25 (Flory Cantillon's Funeral · The Lepracaun; or, Fairy Shoemaker · Master and Man)
Season 7 Episode 7
Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry — Part 7 of 25 (Flory Cantillon's Funeral · The Lepracaun; or, Fairy Shoemaker · Master and Man)
Three pie…
3 days, 22 hours ago
The Thousand and One Nights — The Merchant and the Genie and the Three Old Men
Season 8 Episode 2
The Thousand and One Nights — The Merchant and the Genie and the Three Old Men
A merchant who has unwittingly killed a jinni's son is ransomed, life f…
3 days, 22 hours ago
Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry — Part 6 of 25 (The Soul Cages, Part Two)
Season 7 Episode 6
Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry — Part 6 of 25 (The Soul Cages, Part Two)
One tale from W. B. Yeats's Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Pe…
3 days, 22 hours ago
Myths of the Cherokee — Part 12 of 22 (The Great Leech of Tlanusi'yi · The Nunne'hi and Other Spirit Folk · The Removed Townhouses)
Season 12 Episode 12
Myths of the Cherokee — Part 12 of 22 (The Great Leech of Tlanusi'yi · The Nunne'hi and Other Spirit Folk · The Removed Townhouses)
The Immortals' par…
3 days, 22 hours ago
Myths of the Cherokee — Part 4 of 22 (Origin of the Pleiades and the Pine · Origin of Strawberries · The Four-footed Tribes)
Season 12 Episode 4
Myths of the Cherokee — Part 4 of 22 (Origin of the Pleiades and the Pine · Origin of Strawberries · The Four-footed Tribes)
The animal stories begin.…
3 days, 22 hours ago
Myths of the Cherokee — Part 2 of 22 (Kana'ti and Selu: The Origin of Game and Corn)
Season 12 Episode 2
Myths of the Cherokee — Part 2 of 22 (Kana'ti and Selu: The Origin of Game and Corn)
One story fills this part entire: Kana'ti and Selu, the origin of…
3 days, 22 hours ago
Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria — Part 3 of 3 (How the Tortoise Overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus · Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes · The King and the Nsiat Bird · Concerning the Hawk and the Owl · The Election of the King Bird)
Season 9 Episode 3
Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria — Part 3 of 3 (How the Tortoise Overcame the Elephant and the Hippopotamus · Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes · The Ki…
3 days, 22 hours ago
Myths of the Cherokee — Part 18 of 22 (The Mother Bear's Song · The Raven Mocker)
Season 12 Episode 18
Myths of the Cherokee — Part 18 of 22 (The Mother Bear's Song · The Raven Mocker)
Songs, the Raven Mocker, and the storied places. The mother bear's t…
3 days, 22 hours ago