A Tale Told By the Fire Podcast
1) The Mayan Story of Creation
This week we travel to Mesoamerica to tell the creation story as taught by the Maya. Text from the story comes from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. To read the story and ...Show More
2) The Trouble With Rose Hips
This week's episode is a Lipan Apache tale about Coyote called The Trouble With Rose Hips
3) The Old Woman Who Kept All the Pecans
This week we read a story from the Caddo people of North Eastern Texas and Oklahoma. The Story, The Old Woman Who Kept All the Pecans, tells the story of how pecan trees became available to all.
4) The Land-Otter Son
This week our story takes us back to South East Alaska for another Tlingit legend. We tell the story of The Land-Otter Son.
5) Snowflake
This week we read "Snowflake" from Andrew Lang's Pink Fairy book.
6) The Elephant and the Bees
This week's episode takes us to Thailand for the story The Elephant and the Bees. The story is retold from the book Thai Tales: Folktales of Thailand by Supaporn Vathanaprida, edited by Margaret Read ...Show More
7) Momotaro Born of a Peach
This week we travel to Japan for the legend of Momotaro, the boy born of a peach.
8) The King of America
This week we begin season 2 of A Tale Told by the Fire, and we start with "The King of America" a story about George Washington as re-told by Pete Seeger.
9) The Monkey's Heart
This week we travel to India for the story of The Monkey's Heart from the Jataka Tales.
10) The Day It Snowed Tortillas
This week takes us to Spanish New Mexico for The Day It Snowed Tortillas as re-told by Joe Hayes.