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Episode 4 is adapted from the book : Savitri and Other Women by Marjorie Strachey first published in 1920.

Vasilisa is a recurring heroine of many Slavic tales and in this version she uses her cunning and intellect to rescue her husband Stavros from the dungeon of the tsar of Kief (present day Kiev capital of Ukraine)

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Episode 3 was adapted from the wonderful old book : The Irish Fairy Book. 

The Irish Fairy Book was Edited by Alfred Perceval Graves and beautifully illustrated  by George Denham. Published in 1909. 

The Corpse Watchers is an oft told Irish fairytale full of symbolism, mystery and heroism.
A female protagonist embarks on an otherworldly out of body journey to rescue her sisters and a corpse cursed by a witch. 

The custom of the wake or the watching of the corpse can be found among many cultures.  Our story centers around a soul trapped between this world and another waiting to be rescued by a wise and courageous girl.

Our heroine conquers many obstacles as she sets out to due what she must. Through the gateway of green hills over a bog and into a burning wood. Next she travels through the cave of horrors. Outside the cave a glass mountain a mile high. Finally diving into a deep sea only to end up below it and looking up to it above her. 

She overcomes these archetypal obstacles with some super natural help brought about by the kindness she offers a strange woman along the road to her destiny.  

As always it is our hope that the stories we share on Kids Myth Plus will inspire curiosity and lead to  further exploration of the diverse cultures that bring such richness to our world.

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Today's episode is taken from the book "Stories The Iroquois Tell Their Children" by Mabel Powers. The book was published in 1917 and is in the public domain.

The name Iroquois is an English corruption of a French corruption of an Algonquian word meaning "real snakes." This may have been an insulting nickname (the Algonquian and Iroquois Indians were traditional enemies,) or it could have just come from a place name which meant "Snake River."   

Today they call themselves the Haudenosaunee or Six Nations, though many people still use the word Iroquois. The six nations are: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora nations. 

The Haudenosaunee  people have inhabited the areas of Ontario and upstate New York for well over 4,000 years. The culture is rich and complex. Please take some time to learn more about the six nations of the Haudenosaunee  - follow the links below.

Mabel Powers, the author of this book, was devoted to helping to preserve the cultures of the Native Peoples of the America's. She was beloved by the Nations and spent much time living among them and learning their stories and culture.

In 1910 she was invited to participate in the Green Corn Ceremony on the Tonawanda Seneca Reservation. She so impressed the elders of the council that they paid her the highest possible tribute of adoption into the tribe.
She describes the event :
 
                  After holding a long council, the members of the Seneca Nation agreed that I should                       be called ‘Yesennohwehs’ (the One Who Carries and Tells the Stories.

Powers traveled throughout the country, giving lectures on Native American culture, advocating for women’s rights, and promoting world peace.

It's our hope that the stories we share on Kids Myth Plus will inspire curiosity and lead to  further exploration of the diverse cultures that bring such richness to our world.

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 Links:
Seneca
Onandaga
Mohawk
Cayuga
Oneida
Tuscarora
 Haudenosaunee Fact Sheet for Kids
Haudenosaunee or Iroquois? (Video)

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Episode one! Today's episode is taken from the world of Norse mythology as interpreted by the master storyteller Podraic Colum in the book: The Children of Odin. 

The book is in the public domain


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