"Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What" - Part II (S4, #6)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the storyteller Kathy Shimpock, will continue our discussion of the Russian folktale "Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What." In doing so, we'll learn a bi...
13 Dec 202325min
"Go I Know Not Whither, Fetch I Know Not What" - A Russian Tale (S4, #5)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the storyteller Kathy Shimpock, will read the Russian tale, “Go I Know Not Whither, Fetch I Know Not What.” It’s a story with two crones: one the wise crone and the ...
5 Nov 202340min
"Old Rinkrank": a Grimm Brothers Tale (S4, #4)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, will read the story of “Old Rinkrank.” It’s a Grimm Brother’s tale with a surprising ending. We’ll discuss the innocent persecuted ...
8 Okt 202325min
"The Maiden in the Castle of Rosy Clouds" (S4, #3)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, will read the literary fairy tale, "The Maiden in the Castle of Rosy Clouds." It's a story written by the Swedish author Harald Oste...
31 Juli 202332min
The Wise Crone Meets the Devil Again and Again! (S4, #2)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’ll look at three stories in which an old woman meets and outwits the devil. The first is “Devil’s Bridge,” a Welsh legend. The second, “The Devil and His Grandmo...
20 Juni 202330min
More Hands Lost and Found (S4, #1)
Send us Fan Mail In the last "Wise Crone Cottage Podcast," storyteller, Kathy Shimpock shared the Grimm fairy tale "The Girl Without Hands." This is a continuation of that discussion. This time we'l...
6 Maj 202328min
"Hands Lost & Found" - Variations on a Grimm Theme (S3, #12)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, will explore the Grimm tale, "The Girl Who Lost Her Hands." It's a story that packs a punch and leaves listeners quaking in the dust...
8 Apr 202336min
Nisse vs. Crone - "Round the Norwegian Yule- Log" (S3, #11)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we’ll be exploring the folklore around the "nisse," a Norwegian house spirit, found throughout Scandinavia (by different names). I’ll read the story “Round the Yul...
25 Feb 202355min
