HeyJaredThe Fairy Tellers
Welcome to The Fairy Tellers podcast! We explore what myths, legends, folklore, fables, and fairy tales say about cultures then and now. Grab a hot cup of cocoa and a comfy seat while we retell you a thing. New episodes twice a month.
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#138 Handmade Husbands (opens the original)
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Content Warning: Discussions of a Sexual Nature and Innuendo Episode Description: #138 Handmade Husbands In this episode, we discuss the folkloresque nature of The Wicker Husband by Ursala Wills and the soon to be released movie, Wicker, based on the story. The Wicker Husband is a literary fairy tale that reminded Katrina of the style of Oscar Wilde, who used fairy talesque stories to dig into deeper social issues. But for this episode, Geoff and Katrina focus on a subcategory for the ATU type 4
#137 Cinder-FELLAS ~7th Anniversary~ (opens the original)
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Happy 7th Pod-Anniversary! It has been 7 wonderful years of podcasting about myths, legends, folklore and fables! For this episode we are back to talking about Cinderella tales but this time we're inviting the guys to have some fun being the persecuted ones! Even though the tales in this episode aren't in ATU 510A, they DO have fancy outfit changes, challenging family members, and even some fancy footwear that helps them go from rags to riches. Geoff retells the tale of The Princess on the Glass
#136 Goblin Silver Balls and Stone (opens the original)
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In this episode, Geoff and Katrina have a slappy happy fun time talking about goblins from stories found in The Book of Ghosts and Goblins by Ruth Manning-Sanders. A book that Katrina was able to win by chance in a giveaway by the amazing hosts of Fairy Tale Fix, Abbie and Kelsey. Geoff retells the story of The Three Silver Balls (ATU 311 and ATU 302) where we encounter a mischievous goblin and little girls who can’t follow directions. Count along with us as we find all of the titular silver bal
#135 The Louse, the Flea, and the Unmoralizable Tales (opens the original)
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In this episode, Geoff and Katrina go back to the previous episode's topic of moralizing fairy tales. If anyone can get a moral out of these tales…seek help. Our brains naturally want to make sense of, and gain life lessons from, the stories that we hear, especially when they are told to us in fairy tale forms. Thanks to people like Charles Perrault and centuries of children’s publishing, fairy tales have gained a reputation for being a teaching tool. But that was not the original intent. Some s
#134 The Fisherman and The Stonecutter (opens the original)
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Episode Description: #134 In this episode, Geoff and Katrina tackle a sticky question that comes up time and again when talking about and defining the genre of fairy tales. Are fairy tales supposed to teach a moral? Or are the morals something that readers bring into the tales for themselves? Geoff and Katrina test the theory while looking at a tale type that really lends itself to moralizing, ATU 555 The Fishman and His Wife. While Geoff and Katrina agree that these tales might be easier than o
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