Welcome to Season 6! This episode we welcome the Yarnsmith Dave Tonge to our podcast.

Dave has many a yarn to spin. He is a fabulous storyteller – and also a Historian and an award-winning author! He’s written books on Northfolk folktales for children, Medieval folk tales and Tudor tales too. So if you like a bit of history to your tales, you’ll love Dave’s books.

But today, he’s telling us a very old tale from Aesop about cunning. If you'd like to find out more about Dave Tonge, you can do so HERE.

And you can buy Dave's books HERE.

My story today, The Freedom Bird, is about a mythical bird from Asia. There are versions of this story from Thailand from Vietnam and India, but the message is always the same. It’s one of my favourite stories to tell in live performance, because it’s so simple and easy to join in with. 

So I hope you join in at home listeners – it will annoy your grown ups ALL DAY!

Nah na Nah na NAH NAH!

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In this episode we introduce Coyote, a superstar of Native American folklore. We can’t believe it’s taken us this long to give him his own episode.

A coyote is a real animal, a wild dog that lives in the wide plains, forests and even urban areas of North America. They can be found right across the continent, but particularly in places like Texas, Colorado, California, and New Mexico.

They can make their home anywhere, which means they are cunning and able to adapt to their surroundings. They eat virtually anything so can always find a way to live off the land. They are intelligent and great survivors. You can find out more about the coyote HERE.

Native Americans, the indigenous tribes who lived on the land before the arrival of Europeans, have great respect for coyote and see him as sacred. In some old stories, coyote is a divine being and created the world itself. In others, he’s a cunning trickster just trying to survive. Sometimes he can be righteous and helpful to animals and humans, othertimes he can be selfish and a bit foolish. Just like Anansi from the old Ashanti stories of West Africa.

But whatever story he is in – it’s always sure to be a good one. You find some more coyote stories HERE.

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We go way back to old Japan in this famous story of a poor young man who saves a fish. Japan is surrounded by water, so much of their folklore comes from the sea.

Japanese mermaids are called Ningyo, and they are not like European mermaids at all! Thankfully, our hero catches the Dragon king's daughter and sets her free. That's got to be worth a reward, right?

You can find out lots more about Japanese folklore in this wonderful book HERE.

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This episode we travel to Ireland to learn about a famous Irish fairy - the Leprechaun. Young Bridget decides it's easier to catch a leprechaun and get his gold than working hard for what you want. But fooling a fairy is not that easy!

Leprechauns have existed in Irish mythology for hundreds, maybe thousands of years! Many believe they are descended from the old Irish gods, or are types of Fae or fairy.

They can grant wishes. bring you luck and even make you very rich! But catching a Leprechaun is very hard - they are full of trickery and have the power to disappear if you take your eye off them.

You can learn more about Leprechauns in this wonderful book HERE.

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Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world.

This episode is an emotional one (sniff), as it is Leo's last episode hosting with Emily. He's off on lots of adventures but has promised to stop by from time to time.

But stories go on...

In our story, it is the final stage of our epic norse tale and Odin, the All Father of the Norse gods. And the battle is about to begin for Asgard, for Midgard and all of the nine realms. YIKES!

You can lots about Norse mythology HERE.

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Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world.

This episode, we welcome back LEO for part 2 of our epic! He also shares his top 4 favourite episodes of the podcast.

And because we have so many shout outs and lots of action still to come in our story, he's coming back for PART 3! Hurray!!!

In our story, we continue with our epic norse tale and Odin, the All Father of the Norse gods, is about to discover what Ragnarok is and what will come to pass in the future. It doesn't look good!

You can lots about Norse mythology HERE.

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Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world.

This episode, we welcome back LEO! Leo has been really busy lately and has grown up a lot! He is joining us for this special two part epic. He's also sharing his favourite stories from the whole podcast - it was a hard decision, as we've done over 100 EPISODES!

Leo won't be hosting on the podcast from now on, but he will be popping by now and then.

But, we still have lots of exciting things coming up this seasons - including NEW GUEST TELLERS and LOTS more stories.

If you would like to be a guest teller on our podcast, you can get in touch with us HERE

Our story is Ragnarok - it is the final big story of the Norse gods so prepare yourselves for a huge epic battle! You might want to listen to our episode The Death of Baldur in Season 4, to remember how it was set into motion. You can lots about Norse mythology HERE.

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Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world.

This episode, we have a guest teller! Aurora, who is 6, tells us her own story 'The Girl of the Sun'.

We can't wait to hear it!

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Emily tells a folk tale from China, about a little girl who is given a parasol for her birthday.

Do you know what a parasol is? It's like an umbrella but you use it to shade you from the hot sun! You can find out more about umbrellas and parasols HERE.

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Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world.

This episode, Emily tells a folk tale from Mongolia, about two friends who have very different ideas about studying!

It features an ancient boardgame - chess! Can you play chess? If you're interested to give it a try, you can learn more about this famous game HERE.

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Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world. It is the merry month of MAY! This episode is all about witches, who love to flit through the moonlight on the eve of May day or Bealtaine. (BeeYALtinna) They have a bad reputation, but we think they're misunderstood. This story is about how people can be afraid of those who are different. We hope you like our little song, sung by Agatha, Mildred and Nancy. If you would like a shout out, you can email us at [email protected] or get in touch via social media. You can follow us on: Facebook  Instagram Twitter Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and singing by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Produced by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Zapsplat

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