The Folktale Project Dan Scholz

Today's story is a combination of my favorite types of tales and origin story and a tale told by a grandparent to their grandchildren. That it features a bear turning human is just a bonus!
Book: Korean Fairy Tales
Author: William Elliot Griffis
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Today a very lucky Dan will share with you the twisted and twisting tale of 'Unlucky Daniel'.
Book: Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
Author: Anonymous
Illustrator: Noel L. Nisbet
Translator: R. Nisbet Bain
Host: Dan Scholz
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Today we have a story of brotherly love and a healthy dose of mistrust. But we get a lovely story out of it.
Book: Roumanian Fairy Tales
Author: Various
Compiler: Mite Kremnitz
Editor: J. M. Percival
Host: Dan Scholz
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This week's tale is one of my favorite versions of the "Toads and Diamonds" story - 'The Three Heads of the Well'.
Book: English Fairy Tales
Editor: Flora Annie Webster Steel
Host: Dan Scholz
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Today's story from 'Jewish Fairy Stories' is a tale all about doing good with what heaven blesses us. Something we should all certainly aspire to.
Book: Jewish Fairy Stories
Editor: Aunt Naomi
Translator: Gerald Friedlander
Host: Dan Scholz
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'Urashima' is the sad story of a fisherman from Japan. Sad, and yet very sweet in its telling.
Book: Japanese Fairy Tales
Author: Grace James
Host: Dan Scholz
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