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Wise Crone Cottage Podcast
Welcome to the Wise Crone Cottage podcast with storyteller, Kathy Shimpock. Here we'll meet the crone and uncover her wisdom as found, in fairy tales, folktales and myths. New episodes are released each month. All rights reserved.
Wise Crone Cottage Podcast
A Storm is Brewing - Three Legends to Tell
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In this episode, the storyteller Kathy Shimpock will be exploring three legends of sacrifice and heroism. One is the "Burning of the Rice Fields," a legend from Japan. The second is "St. David's Hood" from England and the third is "Tante Tina" from Germany. In each, we'll see how the "little old woman's" or the "little old man's" actions saved the day.
Story: "The Burning of the Rice Fields," in How to Tell Stories to Children and Some Stories to Tell, ed. by Sara Cone Bryant, 1918. "St. David's Flood," in Wise Women, retold and ed. by Suzanne I. Barchers, 1990. "Tante Tina," in A Piece of the Wind and Other Stories to Tell by Ruthilde Kronberg and Patricia C. McKissack, 1990.
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