'The Beautiful Damsel and the Wicked Old Woman' is a familiar tale with some unique (and quite frankly unexpected) parts to it.

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The peasant in 'The Frost, The Sun, and The Wind' is incredibly smart and observant in our first of three Slavic tales this week.

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'The Clever Peasant' has every opportunity to go a very dark, very different way but in the end it's an endearingly wholesome tale of a generous king and a wise peasant.

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'The Cock That Wished to Become Pope' is a story that ends in a most logical way, and yet you're still not fully expecting it.

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I love a good story where a character tries so hard to be right about something but in the end is proven a fool. And the Italian tale of 'The Doctor's Apprentice' is an almost perfect example.

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Dyjhicon is in some ways an Armenian version of 'The Brave Little Tailor', but in many others it is 100% its own tale of a fool who stumbles his way to great things.

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'The Golden-Headed Fish' is a story that's quite a ride, particularly in it's ending. Although I'll admit it is a bit problematic in it's description of a main character who happens to be a person of color.

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Simon (of the Armenian tale 'Simon, The Friend of Snakes') is definitely a friend of the snakes, and being such he gets a wonderful reward indeed!

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Today we have your favorite, most listened to episode of 2019, 'The Dragon After His Winter Sleep'!

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Today we have your second favorite folktale from 2019 - 'How the Pigeon Became a Tame Bird'.

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