43. The Wedding Of Mrs Fox
02/23/20 • 37 min
In Jacob Grimm's official favourite story, a jealous fox puts his wife to the test by playing dead. But will any of her new suitors hold a candle to her late husband's attributes? As their family cat servant tries to control the ensuing mayhem, we get an impromptu crash course in butter beer and bread milk making.
Find out how this strange story taps into a world of suppression in occupied Napoleonic Germany, why it doesn't pay to indulge your jealousy, and what someone called Wooden Johannes has to do with it all.
What at first appears as nothing more than a wacky story, gets right to the heart of debates on fairy tales and crosses continents in an explosive meeting of east and west.
Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko
Other Music: Johannes Brahms' Piano Trio No.1 Op.8 Performed by Claremont Trio // Johannes Brahms' Piano Sonata No.1 Op.1 Finale. Allegro Con Fuoco Performed by Peter Bradley-Fulgoni
In Jacob Grimm's official favourite story, a jealous fox puts his wife to the test by playing dead. But will any of her new suitors hold a candle to her late husband's attributes? As their family cat servant tries to control the ensuing mayhem, we get an impromptu crash course in butter beer and bread milk making.
Find out how this strange story taps into a world of suppression in occupied Napoleonic Germany, why it doesn't pay to indulge your jealousy, and what someone called Wooden Johannes has to do with it all.
What at first appears as nothing more than a wacky story, gets right to the heart of debates on fairy tales and crosses continents in an explosive meeting of east and west.
Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko
Other Music: Johannes Brahms' Piano Trio No.1 Op.8 Performed by Claremont Trio // Johannes Brahms' Piano Sonata No.1 Op.1 Finale. Allegro Con Fuoco Performed by Peter Bradley-Fulgoni
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Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko
Other Music: Beethoven's Piano Trio No7 in B-flat Major Op97 // Chopin’s Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9 no. 1.2
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44. The Thief And His Master
In The Thief and His Master, an unholy priest prank leads one boy on an unforgettable journey where he learns the dual arts of thievery and shapeshifting. However, things turn south when his master doesn't receive his desired pay.
After the Story, we discuss thievery in fairy tales and explore two related stories: the original Venetian version by Straparola and the myth of the Welsh witch Ceridwen.
Finally we choose the next three stories and reveal the winning tale from our Patreon poll!
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Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko
Other Music: Camille Saint-Saëns's Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33 - I. Allegro non troppo // Schubert's Sonata in B Flat Major, D. 960 - IV. Allegro ma non troppo performed by Paul Pittman
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