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The Fairy Tellers
Welcome to The Fairy Tellers podcast! We explore what myths, legends, folklore, fables, and fairy tales say about cultures both then and now. So grab a hot cup of cocoa and a comfy seat while we retell you a thing.
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121: Eat the Rich (Or Turn Them Into Worms)
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina discuss stories that look at the corrupting power of wealth. While doing an Instagram challenge in July, by Tish Bl...
#120 Dear Mili and Maurice Sendak
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina talk about the upcoming "posthumous partnering" of Stephen King and Maurice Sendak in a children's book of Hansel a...
#119 Tales of the French Salon
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina delve into the world of King Louis XIV's French Salons. During this time period, many women of the nobility were me...
#118 Clever Gretel
In this episode, Geoff shares that his son is currently having him read through ALL of the Grimm Brother's collection of tales. And while on this jour...
#117 Mermaid Tails (Or Not)
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina fight to break their Mer-MAY curse by attempting to get an episode all about the most famous seductresses (or kidna...
#116 Ethiopian Sons: An Evaluation of Values
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina turn to a pair of tales from Ethiopia that illustrate how stories can talk about what we value without being overly...
#115 All's Well That Ends Well For Catherine the Wise
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina celebrate Shakespeare Day on April 23rd! Shakespeare employed folklore in his tales to connect his audience with th...
#114 The Golden Trunk
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina dive back into The Tale of Tales by Giambattista Basile. Is it violent? And misogynistic? And unnecessarily sexual?...
#113 Speranza Wilde and the Evil Eye
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina talk about some of the work of Lady Jane "Speranza" Wilde. An Irish nationalist who was gathering the lore of the f...
#112 Wise Men of Gotham and the City of Chelm
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina take a trip to several different cities of fools (and feel right at home). First Katrina explains how the folkloric...
Dog and Sparrow [Surprise Instagram LIVE]
For National Tell a Fairy Tale day, Katrina and Geoff decided to hop on and do an Instagram Live and Katrina tells the story of The Dog and the Sparro...
#111 Stone Soup and Long Spoons
In this episode, Katrina and Geoff talk about stone soup and the travels this story has gone on. This ATU 1548 tale might have started off as a story...
#110 Riff Raff and Ragamuffins
Content Warning: Animal on Animal Violence
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina welcome the new year by retelling tales of slapstick violence and...
#109 Albuquerque Ghosts
In this short episode, Geoff and Katrina talk ghost stories in Albuquerque. This year, the American Folklore Society conference was being held in Albu...
#108 Jack and the Northwind and Muncimeg
In this episode, Katrina and Geoff dive back into the tales of Jack in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States. First Katrina does a quick revi...
#107 Just So Stories and Rudyard Kipling
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina bring us back to the topic of Pourquoi tales, by way of literary folk tales. In 1902, Rudyard Kipling published his...
#106 Flying Witches: Tatterhood
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina fly into the world of witches, thanks to an article by folklorist Kay Turner. In her article titled, "The Witch in...
#105 Donkeyskin: The Fifth Anniversary Episode
TW: Incestuous desires
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina are celebrating 5 years of podcasting myths, legends, folklore, and fables with anothe...
# 104 - [FIXED] The Grateful Dead
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina fight burn out by talking about one of their favorite things...the dead. While attending the Western State Folklore...
#103 Pourquoi Tales: Ancestorial Wisdom
In this episode that Geoff and Katrina recorded back in March, they delve into one of the "why"s of Pourquoi tales, the passing on of Ancestorial Wisd...
Surprise Live: Nepal Youth Foundation in honor of Olga Murray
Olga Murray, who founded the Nepal Youth Foundation, passed away at the age of 98 in February of this year. Founder's Day, an annual celebration of t...
#102 The Brave Little Tailor/Dyjhycon the Coward Hero
In this episode, Katrina and Geoff retell a tale from Armenia that was recommended to them by one of our wonderful Patreon patrons! The tale of "Dyjhy...
#101 The Why of Pourquoi Tales
Katrina and Geoff are back at it again with a new series to kick off the next 100 episodes of the podcast! Even though Geoffrey joked that the last ep...
#100 CinderSnow White
Happy 100th Episode from Geoff and Katrina to you! This year had a ton of milestones and we're excited to send off 2023 with our 100th episode. We've...
#99 Holiday Plants
It's winter time once again in the Northern Hemisphere and we're getting ready for winter celebrations. Plant life plays a lot into the season and wh...
#98 2 Baba 2 Yaga
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina get into more tales featuring the iconic Baba Yaga. During the December Divinations episode, the Fates decided that...
#97 Snow White
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina complete their shining tiara of a series, with this crown jewel. After a year devoted to exploring the motifs, them...
#96 Bestiary of Bakemono: The Yokai Party
CW: Violence and Death of Children
Fate dictates that we provide our audience with a “B” inspired episode and Geoff does not disappoint with his...
Tree Stories | Fifth Friday Folklore Fest LIVE
The 5th Friday in September was a special selection of tree tales from various locations around the world. With the prompt for "plant tales" picked ou...
#95 Tale of Tales PART 2
Katrina and Geoff are back to finish up the frame story of The Tale of Tales by Giambattista Basile but first, one last story about a hunt for a woman...
#94 The Tale of Tales PART ONE
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina dive into The Tale of Tales by Giambattista Basile for another installment of the Snow White series. The tri-colors...
#93 The Story of Hedgy
In this episode Katrina and Geoff fight their burnout by turning to ATU 650 Strong John, an episode that the fates decided we would do during our Dece...
#92: The Little Mermaid
Happy Mer-MAY...or rather...this episode was recorded in Mer-MAY in anticipation of the release of the new Little Mermaid movie coming out in theaters...
Travel Folklore | Fifth Friday Folklore Fest | Instagram Live
Katrina and Geoff have been traveling! And they came back with some fascinating folklore from their travels. Join us for the recording of our Instagra...
#91 Magic Mirrors and Divination
Content Warning: Child Abuse, Infanticide, Suicide, Domestic Violence and Assault
In this episode, Geoff and Katrina talk magic mirrors in anoth...
#90 Entomology Etymology Mythology
Content Warning: Greek/Roman Gods, sexual assault, physical assault
After making a joke months and months ago on one of our LIVE events o...
Fifth Friday Fable Fest: Friendship Tales | Instagram Live
Join us for this recording of our first Fifth Friday Fable Fest of 2023. In this Instagram Live event, we retell a variety of Friendship Tales and dis...
#89 Turkish Tales: Peris and Dews
Geoff and Katrina talk Turkish Tales! A collector of tales over a hundred years ago tried to determine if tales from Turkey are more European in flavo...
#88 Polygamous Snow White: Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree
Does the title sound like click bait? It is because in this episode, Geoff and Katrina are talking about a tale that, in 1892, shocked Joseph Jacobs a...
#87 Zora Neale Hurston, Anthropologist
Katrina and Geoff talk Zora Neale Hurston, ethnography, and why women rule over men! In this episode, we discuss some of the amazing work to preserve...