Kids Myth Plus

EPISODE 27!
Kids Myth Plus is excited to present a special 2022 rendition of Hans Christian Andersen's original fairytale first published in 1844 - The Snow Queen.

A potent romantic era struggle between good and evil, packed with vivid symbolism.

In KMP episode 27  we present story 4 of 7.

The Prince and Princess

Do you Remember your dreams? What are dreams? 

Story Four points us toward the Romanti...

EPISODE 26!
Kids Myth Plus is excited to present a special 2022 rendition of Hans Christian Andersen's original fairytale first published in 1844 - The Snow Queen.

A potent romantic era struggle between good and evil, packed with vivid symbolism.

In KMP episode 26  we present story 3 of 7.

The garden of the woman who knew magic. 

Listen for some examples of the romantic spirit in this story - and the love f...

EPISODE 25!
Kids Myth Plus is excited to present a special 2022 rendition of Hans Christian Andersen's original fairytale first published in 1844 - The Snow Queen.

A struggle between good and evil packed with vivid symbolism HCA's The Snow Queen is a wonderful treat  packed with a powerful message.

Enjoy and please reach out to share you reactions interpretations and thoughts on this intriguing mas...

A wolf who eats a horse... 6 princess and princesses turned to stone...  a salmon a raven and a giant who keeps his heart hidden away.

 In this week's episode we'll talk bit about learning to read and ponder on the concept of vulnerability.   
 
Our story is adapted from :
The Norwegian Fairy Book
Edited by Klara Stroebe
Published 1922

Narration Score and original Sound Design by Aar...

Integrity, Loyalty, Honesty, characteristics of the Norse Gods? Judge for yourself.

 In this week's episode: How Frey Won Gerda , the Giant Maiden, and How He Lost His Magic Sword, Frey longs for his sister Freya, sits  in a throne that is not his own and makes a fateful bargain.

We also learn about Skadi the daughter of Thiazi the giant and how she comes to mary a Vanir.
 
This week's story co...

Remember to Dream Big ! 

Episode 22 is is a Finnish Tale -

It’s called :MIghty Mikko, The Story of a Poor Woodsman and a Grateful Fox.

Through the use of his cunning and witt - a little bit of digging up of some villagers gold and one roasted dragon but still, through largely non violent means the silver tongued fox creates a life the poor woodsman would never have allowed himself to even dream of.

This week's episode is from perhaps the most famous of all the european fairy tale collections; The Grimm's, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales.

Our Version is taken from the translations by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes  

The Raven  -
A baby, (a princess baby) that could not be quieted is transformed. A person passing by  has the chance to rescue her. Off course it won&a...

This week's story comes to us from the 1894 book;

 Tales from the Punjab.

It’s is a book of folk tales collected from the people of the Punjab region of India  translated and written down for publication by the English Author Flora Annie Steel. Flora Annie Steel  lived from April 1847 –  April 1929. She spent 22 years living in Punjab region of India.

The prince starts his adventure by taking hold of a magical golden de...

This week we bring you a chilly little tale called  The Twelve Months. This story is popular in eastern and southern europe where hundreds of different variations have been told. Ours is based on the telling from the book :

Fairy Tales of the Slav peasants and Herdsmen
From the French of Alex. Chodsko Translated and Illustrated by Emily J. Harding

As we record this episode it is the hottest of hot summer days here ...

Episode 18 -

Playing with the concept of time and the desire to escape it's clutches, this weeks story is adapted from the 1885 collection of Romanian fairy tales :

Roumanian Fairy Tales
Collected by MITE KREMNITZ
Adapted and Arranged by J.M. Percival

Narration and original sound design by Aaron James.

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Today's story, Sif's Golden Hair: How Loki Wrought Mischief in Asgard

Loki of course gets himself into some trouble and must use his cunning to redeem himself.
After which he finds himself making another dangerous wager, a bet with a dwarf, that will risk the head on his shoulders 

Loki will transform himself into a gadfly and do his best to tip the scales in his own favor. 

The Warrior Goddess Sif will have a ...

Episode 16 Vasilissa the Fair
In this week's episode we’ll find out why it was so important to always keep a flame a light in your home. And what one brave girl will go through in order to obtain light for her dark world. 

She will face great hardship after losing her mother, travel through a dark dangerous forest, enter the house of a Baba Yaga, live with her and pass her tests all with the help of a special gift given to ...

This weeks Episode comes from the world of Slavic Lore.

The Death of Koschei the Deathless

as told by Andrew Lang in his 1890 collection of fairy tales:

The Red Fairy Book


Narration and original sound design by Aaron James.

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This week's story is a special July 7th edition. A Japanese fairy tale depicting the myth and the story behind the Tanabata (star festival)



More about Tanabata and some activity Ideas:
@Globetrottinkids
Tanabata
Find The Stars Vega and Altair
 EarthSky.org

Story from the Book:
Japanese Fairy Tales by Grace James
with Illustrations by Warwick Goble
1923

Narrati...

Today's story, ÛÑTSAIYĬ′ The Gambler is a Cherokee myth taken from the Book:
 
Myths of the Cherokee

By James Mooney

1902

A boy has a scary rash all over his body and his mother sends him on a mission to find his father, Thunder.
Thunder is a powerful healer. Along the way he meets  ÛÑTSAIYĬ′ the gambler. He is challenged by his two brothers to a game of stick ball and with help from his...

Today's story, How Odin Lost His Eye - is adapted from the telling found in the book:

Myths That Every Child Should Know
"A Collection of the Classic Myths of All Time for Young People"
Edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie
1906

What will you sacrifice for Wisdom? Is it worth it?


Narration and original sound design by Aaron James.

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This week's episode - Tamlane, is a tale from the Scottish Borders. A rural region of Scotland that runs along the border of Scotland and england.

Our version is adapted from the book:
Wonder Tales from Many Lands
Written and illustrated by Katherine Pyle - First published August 1920

The fair maiden Janet hears the call from a fairy horn that no one else has heard. It is the call of Tamlane w...

This week's episode is a Himalayan folktale: The Snake's Bride.
It's taken from the book:
Simla Village Tales or, Folktales from the Himalayas
By Alice Elizabeth  Dracott
The Book was published in 1906

As with many of the authors of this period A.E. Dracott was concerned about the impending loss of these tales to the modern era.

She writes in the preface:

From their cradle...

Today's episode is taken from the world of Norse mythology as interpreted by the master storyteller Podraic Colum in the book: The Children of Odin.

 Iduna and Her Apples: How Loki Put the Gods in Danger

This is the conclusion of a two part story.

Sometimes it's best to just let go. In this episode the trickster God Loki teaches by example how holding on too tight and not seeing the inevitable c...