The Folktale Project
Every week The Folktale Project brings you new folklore, fairytales, myths and legends from around the world. Some tales you've heard before and some brand new.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 1352
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
The Bell-Deep
“Ding-dong! Ding-dong!” It sounds up from the “bell-deep” in the Odense-Au. Every child in the old town of Odense, on the island of Funen, knows the Au, which washes the gardens round about the town,…
00:09:13 |
Mon 13 Feb 2017
The Rabbi's Bogey Man
Rabbi Lion, of the ancient city of Prague, sat in his study in the Ghetto looking very troubled. Through the window he could see the River Moldau with the narrow streets of the Jewish quarter cluster…
00:08:43 |
Fri 10 Feb 2017
The Singing Springing Lark
Once upon a time there was a man who was about to set forth on a long journey. At his departure he asked his three daughters what he should bring for them when he returned. The oldest one wanted pear…
00:14:17 |
Thu 09 Feb 2017
The Enchanted Doe
There was once a certain king named Giannone, who, desiring greatly to have children, had prayers continually made to Thor that he would grant his wish; and he was so charitable that at last he had n…
00:13:22 |
Wed 08 Feb 2017
The Stolen Farthing
Once a father was seated at the dinner table with his wife and children. A good friend who had come to visit was eating with them. While they were sitting there the clock struck twelve, and the stran…
00:03:47 |
Tue 07 Feb 2017
The Seven Voyages Of Sinbad The Sailor
In the times of the Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid there lived in Bagdad a poor porter named Hindbad, who on a very hot day was sent to carry a heavy load from one end of the city to the other. Before he h…
00:07:47 |
Mon 06 Feb 2017
The Children With One Eye
Two little children, a boy and a girl, lived long ago with their widowed mother in the Canadian forest. The woman was very poor, for her husband had long been dead and she had to work very hard to pr…
00:08:24 |
Fri 03 Feb 2017
The Fairy Frog
Once upon a time there lived a man of learning and wealth who had an only son, named Hanina. To this son, who was grown up and married, he sent a messenger asking that he should immediately come to h…
00:08:14 |
Thu 02 Feb 2017
Finist The Bright Falcon
Once upon a time there lived a peasant. His wife died and left him three daughters. The old man wanted to hire a servant-girl to help about the house, but his youngest daughter Maryushka said: "Don't…
00:18:32 |
Wed 01 Feb 2017
Broken Images
Once there lived two brothers who were princes in the land. The elder brother was a hunter. He loved the deep woods and the chase. He went from dawn to dark with his bow and his arrows. Swiftly he co…
00:09:20 |
Tue 31 Jan 2017
The Goblin Pony
‘Don't stir from the fireplace to-night,' said old Peggy, ‘for the wind is blowing so violently that the house shakes; besides, this is Hallow-e'en, when the witches are abroad, and the goblins, who …
00:05:11 |
Mon 30 Jan 2017
Dimian the Peasant
Not long ago, or perchance very long ago, I do not know for sure, there lived in a village, some place in Russia, a peasant—a moujik. And this peasant was a stubborn and a quick-tempered fellow, and …
00:04:02 |
Fri 27 Jan 2017
The Story of the Three Wicked Yazinkas
Once upon a time there was a poor boy whom everybody called Yanechek. His father and mother were dead and he was forced to start out alone in the world to make a living. For a long time he could find…
00:10:50 |
Thu 26 Jan 2017
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Once upon a time there was a poor peasant who had so many children that he did not have enough of either food or clothing to give them. Pretty children they all were, but the prettiest was the younge…
00:23:20 |
Wed 25 Jan 2017
A Fish Story
Perhaps you think that fishes were always fishes, and never lived anywhere except in the water, but if you went to Australia and talked to the black people in the sandy desert in the centre of the co…
00:06:35 |
Tue 24 Jan 2017
The Story of the Third Calendar, Son of a King
My story, said the Third Calender, is quite different from those of my two friends. It was fate that deprived them of the sight of their right eyes, but mine was lost by my own folly. My name is Agib…
00:27:22 |
Mon 23 Jan 2017
How Maui Brought Fire to The World
One evening, after eating a hearty meal, Māui lay beside his fire staring into the flames. He watched the flames flicker and dance and thought to himself, "I wonder where fire comes from." Māui, bein…
00:08:02 |
Fri 20 Jan 2017
The Paradise in The Sea
Hiram, king of Tyre, was a foolish old man. He lived so long and grew to such a venerable age that he absurdly imagined he would never die. The idea gained strength daily in his mind and thus he muse…
00:11:39 |
Thu 19 Jan 2017
The Lost Message
The ant has had from time immemorial many enemies, and because he is small and destructive, there have been a great many slaughters among them. Not only were most of the birds their enemies, but Ante…
00:04:17 |
Tue 17 Jan 2017
The Fir Tree
Far down in the forest, where the warm sun and the fresh air made a sweet resting-place, grew a pretty little fir-tree; and yet it was not happy, it wished so much to be tall like its companions—the …
00:18:57 |
Tue 17 Jan 2017
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