European Tales

A list of all of our European tales we've told. If we made a mistake in this list, feel free to let us know! (BUT do a quick Google search first, because some stories have multiple origins, and we list them based off of the source we used for the podcast.) 

Episode 1: "The Blackthorn Walking Stick" (Irish)

Episode 2: "How Jack Got his Lantern" (Irish)

Episode 3: "The Fitcher's Bird" (German) 

Episode 4: "The Apple Tree Man" (British) and "The Sweetheart in the Wood" (Norwegian)

Episode 5: "The Three Snake Leaves" (German)

Episode 6: "The Pot of Basil" (Sicilian)

Episode 7: "The Changelings" (Swedish)

Episode 8: "The Trolls and the Youngest Tomte" (Norwegian) 

Episode 9: "Hans My Hedgehog" (German) and "Daniel O'Rourke" (Irish)

Episode 10: "The Little Mermaid" (Danish)

Episode 11: "Cinderella" (German, but also a million others.) 

Episode 13: "The Daughter of the Sun" (Italian) 

Episode 14: "Leap the Elk and Little Princess Cottongrass" (Swedish) 

Episode 17: "Rumplestiltskin" (German) and "The Beetle" (Danish)

Episode 18: "The Nettle Spinner" (Flemish/French)

Episode 19: "The Fairy's Theft" (Greek)

Episode 22: "The Dagda's Harp" (Irish) and "The Devil's Three Golden Hairs (French)

Episode 24: "The Maiden with the Red-Gold Hair" (Hungary)

Episode 25: "The Fig and Raisin Fool" (Sicilian)

Episode 26: "The Juniper Tree" (German) and "The Witch of Fife" (Scottish)

Episode 29: "The Bloody Ricotta" (Italian) and "The Happy Prince" (Irish)

Episode 31: "The Merchant’s Son and the Demons" (Yiddish) and "Harry" (British)

Episode 32: "Dilo" (Romani) 

Episode 33: "The Man-Whale" (Icelandic)

Episode 34: "Melusine" (French)

Episode 35: "Katherine Crackernuts" (Scottish) 

Episode 36: "The Maid of the North" (Finnish) and "The Frog Princess" (Georgian)

Episode 37: "The Three Giants and the Three Hunters" (German) and "The Peasant's Clever Daughter" (German)

Episode 38: "The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was" (German)

Episode 39: "The Lazy Beauty and Her Aunts" (Irish)

Episode 40: "Sleeping Beauty" (French)

Episode 41: "Rapunzel" (German, among others)

Episode 42: "Bela's Glorious Adventure" (Swedish)

Episode 43: "Molly Whuppie" (Scottish) and "Of Nettles and Roses: The Yiddish Cinderella" (Yiddish)

Episode 46: "Pee-Wit" (German) 

Episode 47: "Sigmund and Sinfjotli" (Icelandic)

Episode 49: "The Giant's Stairs" (Irish) and "Phantom Lovers" (English)

Episode 50: Arthurian Legends (English)

Episode 51: "Duffy and the Devil" (Irish)

Episode 52: "The Bogie and the Farmer" (Irish) 

Episode 53: "Prince Lindworm" (Danish)

Episode 54: "The Two Brothers" (German)

Episode 55: "The Witch of Loch Island (French) and "Red Eyes" (French) 

Episode 56: "Golden Feather" (Italian)

Episode 57: "The Sister of Montefiore" (Sicilian)

Episode 59: "Dapplegrim" (Norwegian)

Episode 60: "The Magic Ointment" (Irish)

Episode 61: "East of the Sun, West of the Moon" (Norwegian) 

Episode 62: "The Princess of the Fomorii" (Celtic)

Episode 63: "The Potted Princess" (UK)

Episode 65: "Satan Takes a Wife" (Iceland)

Episode 66: "King Bean" (Italy) 

Episode 67: "Tam Lin" (Scotland)

Episode 68: "Mannikin Long Beard" (Lithuania) and "King Nosibus" (France)

Episode 69: "Lysistrata" (Greece)

Episode 70: "Why the Sea is Salt" (Norway) and "The Mosquito" (Romani)

Episode 73: "Master and Man" (Irish) 

Episode 74: "One Eye, Two Eyes, and Three Eyes" (English)  and "Prince Ring" (Norwegian) 

Episode 75: "The Boy Who Wanted More Cheese" (Dutch)

Episode 77: "Crack and Crook" (Italian) 

Episode 78: "The Tinderbox" (Danish) 

Episode 79: "Bluebeard" (French) 

Episode 80: "Fiery Eyes" (Italian) and "The Master Maid" (Norwegian)

Episode 81: "The Taming of the Shrew" (England) and "As You Like It" (England)

Episode 82: "Pretty Maid Ibronka" (Hungarian)

Episode 84: "How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter" (Italian) and "Petie Pete and Witch Bea-Witch" (Italian) 

Episode 86: "The Story of Thelyphron, the Student" (Ancient Rome)

Episode 87: "The Marriage of Sir Gawain" (English) 

Episode 88: "The Brown Bull of Cooley" (Irish) 

Episode 89: "Sun Girl and Dragon Prince" (Armenian) and "The Stolen Veil" (German)

Episode 91: "Touch Me Not" (Carpathian Mountains) and "The Wood-Lady" (Czech)

Episode 92: "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" (German)

Episode 93: "Kuratko the Terrible" (Czech) and "The Magic Fishbone (English)

Episode 94: "The Bear in the Forest Hut" (Polish)

Episode 95: "Jean of Bordeaux" (French)

Episode 96: "Kisa the Cat" (English)

Episode 97: "The Witch"  (Danish)

Episode 98: "The Griffin" (Norwegian)

Episode 99: "The Queen of Many Colors" (Hungarian) and "Puss in Boots" (French)

Episode 100: "The Pig Prince" (Italian) and "The Garabonciá" (Hungarian)

Episode 101: "The Goose Girl" (German) 

Episode 102: "The Troll Ride" (Swedish) and "The Weasel" (German)

Episode 104: "Elias and the Draug" (Norwegian) and "Anna Malaya" (German)

Episode 105: "A Black Velvet Ribbon" (English)

Episode 106: "Boneless" (Scottish)

Episode 108: "The Brave Little Tailor" (German)

Episode 109: "Knös" (Swedish)

Episode 110: "Sister and Brother" (Siberian) and "The Sending" (Iceland)

Episode 112: "How Cormac Mac Art Went to Faery" (Irish) and "The Marsh King's Daughter" (Danish)

Episode 113: "Tritill, Litill and the Birds" (Hungarian) and "Tarbh na Leòid and the Water-Horse" (Irish)

Episode 115: "The Wonderful Story of Little Bridget" (French)

Episode 116: "Teig O’Kane and the Corpse" (Irish)

Episode 117: "The Banshee's Warning" (Irish)

Episode 118: "The Trod" (English) and "The Three Fates" (Macedonian) 

Episode 121: "The Story of Little King Loc" (French) 

Episode 122: "The Silkie Painter" (Irish) and "The Red King and the Witch" ("Gypsy" folktale, possibly Roma)

Episode 123: "The Gyspy Woman and the Cave" ("Gypsy" folktale, possibly Roma") and "Green Peter" (Hungarian)

Episode 126: "The Headless Dwarfs" (Estonian) and "The Washerwoman and the Count" (Estonian)

Episode 127: "Filo d'Oro and Filomena" (Italian)

Episode 128: "Thumbelina" (Danish)

Episode 129: "King Lear" (English)

Episode 130: "Macbeth" (English)

Episode 131: "The Little White Cat" (Irish) and "Tom Thumb" (English) 

Episode 132: "The White Cat" (French) and "The Draiglin' Hogney" (Scottish) 

Episode 133: "The Princess in the Chest" (Danish) 

Episode 134: "The Three Words of Advice" (Scottish) 

Episode 135: "The Wild Swans" (Danish) and "The Serpent Woman" (Spanish)

Episode 136: "The Four Gifts" (English) and "Constantes and the Dragon" (Greek)

Episode 137: "A Pot of Gold in the Oven"  (Bavarian) 

Episode 138: "The Dwarf's Banquet" (Viking)

Episode 140: "Silkie's Fairwell" (Scottish)

Episode 141: "The Gold Children" (German) and "The Seven-Headed Monster" (France)

Episode 143: "The Monkey's Paw" (English)

Episode 144: "The White Bear King" (Norway)

Episode 145: "The Devil's Godfather" (Hungary) and "The Old Hag's Garden" (Italian)

Episode 147: "The Ugly Duckling" (Danish)

Episode 148: "The Maiden in the Castle of Rosy Clouds" (Swedish)

Episode 149: "The Snow, the Crow, and the Blood" and "The Horned Women" (Irish)

Episode 150: "The Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies" (Scottish) and "Long, Broad and Sharp Eyes (Czech)