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What is Family Folktales? Think of it as a storytime 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...
A lad inspired by tales of knights and their valor decides to rid his community of the giant terrorizing them. What will happen to young Jac...
When a willful girl insists on eating a talking fish she catches, she becomes a fish herself! Will she succeed in the quest set her by the q...
Little Klaus annoys his neighbor, Big Klaus, so much that Big Klaus kills Little Klaus’s horse. How will Little Klaus get revenge on his for...
A man and his wife have a dog who leads them to great wealth. A neighbor pesters until they loan him the dog so he can become rich, too; wil...
A lad sets out to understand fear, but encounters with a band of robbers, an ogre, and drowning sailors teach him nothing. What will it take...
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 k...
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 a...
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 the...
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...
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;...
After the birth of her greatly-anticipated child, a queen fails to show proper respect to the crab-fairy responsible; in retaliation, the cr...
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 y...
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;...
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 A...
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...
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 cre...
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...
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 th...
After twenty years of chasing fortune to no avail, a poor wood-cutter takes to his bed so fortune can catch him.
A princess declares she will marry the most well-spoken suitor, and two well-educated brothers set off with the blessing of their father. Bu...
Two Brazilian tales of tricksters in one! First comes Tortoise, who outwits everyone from a whale to a wily fox; and next up is a monkey, fu...
A princess declares she will marry an enchanted prince, The Brown Bear of Norway; when that happens, she learns that she will have to face y...
A king is told by fairies that his infant son’s life will be ended by a crocodile, a serpent, or a dog. Is there any way for the princeling...
When the sea-queen becomes ill only the liver of an ape can cure her. A turtle is able to capture a monkey and bring him back, but what will...
A once-wealthy man makes a deal with the devil that will bring him unlimited money if he can hold up his end of the deal. Who will come out...
A young man delights in playing cruel tricks on others until he is brought before the king. The king gives him a chance to save his own life...
Two children are sent by their cruel stepmother to serve her mother – a witch. What gifts might their grandmother give them to help them esc...
After a fisherman tells his wife of the unusual fish he caught and released (it was really an enchanted prince!), she convinces him to go ba...
A lonely fiddler’s music attracts three interested pupils – a wolf, a fox, and a hare – who are not his ideal students. How will he get out...
Two fairies both seek to be elected the Queen of the Fairies; which will perform the greatest wonder, and therefore win the election?
A king sets his three sons tasks to decide who will inherit his kingdom. A mysterious white cat helps the youngest compete the first two tas...
After the death of his bride-to-be, a man begins a trek to The Land of Souls where he hopes to be reunited with his beloved.
After conversing with a holy man, a king tells him he would like just a glimpse of Paradise, as it was difficult for him to understand what...
Tired of being blamed for everything by his older brothers, a young man takes the advice of an old woman and steals a magic swan. Will this...
A brave and bold young fisherman spares the life of a small turtle. In return, years later the turtle saves the fisherman and brings him to...
A man finds a buried pot of gold and silver, but is hesitant to tell his over-sharing wife. How can he share the good fortune with his wife,...
The perils of insisting on following an agreement exactly are detailed in this retelling of the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Three little pigs are very happy in their homes of mud, cabbage, and brick. How happy will they be when the fox comes to visit?
Years after his father goes to war, a prince marries against the king’s stated wishes. When the prince’s loyal servant foils the king’s murd...
An unthinking fairy gives a devastating “gift” to the inhabitants of an island, and hundreds of years later the repercussions continue. Will...
Faced with a drought, two ducks decide to leave their shrinking lake in hopes of finding a more hospitable home. But when they go to bid far...
A soldier agrees to help a witch recover a family heirloom of sorts – a tinder-box that had belonged to her grandmother. It’s in an undergro...
A ruler, growing old and tired of battle, wants to align his kingdom with a neighboring one – but there is a problem. The neighboring ruler...