Fairytales and Folktales

A story from China about a young man who makes some promises that are hard to keep because it means he cannot get what he

Listen to the podcast today! Spotlight Theme: Halloween Good stories can give us space in our lives to pause and ponder some bolt of beauty,

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A folktale from Laos about a very lazy fig farmer who is cured of his laziness when his wife falls sick. Listen to the podcast

After the North Wind repeatedly blows away this little old woman’s bowl of flour that she wants to use to bake bread, the woman decides

An Indian folktale about a woodcutter and his wife who make bargain with a bear who agrees to bring them a huge load of wood

A Japanese folktale about a poor stone cutter who works hard day after day cutting slabs of stone from the side of a mountain until

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this fun folktale about a man who comes upon a leprechaun in a cabbage field, and immediately demands the leprechaun