Well this one is a throwback! It's taken from one of our earliest streams and been put to music by our friend For Null! Moral of the story, don't ask where the beer comes from, just drink it!
An interesting poem by one of France's most famous fabulists, La Fontaine! (A fabulist is a writer of fables).
You can read it here: https://fairytalez.com/dog-masters-dinner/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffasIlLu3d4
Where does the Welsh come from? Well, this story tells of what for some might be somewhat of an unexpected origin!
Read the story here: https://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Welsh_folktale_9.html#gsc.tab=0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puNHqSaKbAQ
Written by CiarĂ¡n Laverty, here we have a story from Ireland. And you might think twice about who you let into your house...
Two pieces of music was used.
The ambience was composed by JD Solway for our Halloween Special.
The fairy fiddle was "Swallowtail Jig" performed by Katy Adelson, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZxAVUsuE4Y
Intro music: "Come play with me" by Kevin MacLeod, used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license https://incompetech.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8jUzPWtXBw
A tale about one of the legendary smiths from the British Isles, which also takes us to Iceland and Sweden! Wayland is a very significant figure, and could even be of divine descent!
However: This is quite the gory account of Wayland's woes, and his terrible revenge, viewer discretion is advised, wear your headphones, and this isn't one for the little ones.
Here is the link to the text read out:
http://www.berkshirehistory.com/legends/smithy01.html
Here is some more information as to the archeological history:
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/waylands-smithy/history/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfimyrir9yU
A classic poem by Clement C. Moore.
Intro and outro music by Alma Lahar with the White Art Collective.
Alma Lahar's links:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZA-ZQ__EeR3K2Z4nXyt26Q
https://soundcloud.com/mxcisl337/tracks
White Art Collective:
https://www.whiteartcollective.com/
https://dlive.tv/WhiteArtCollective
https://odysee.com/@WhiteArtCollective:a
If you like our work, you can support us on Entropy:
https://entropystream.live/app/HearthofEuropa
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfEYHrJsKPU
One of Aesop's Fables, which most are probably familiar with!
Intro and outro music by Alma Lahar with the White Art Collective.
Alma Lahar's links:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZA-ZQ__EeR3K2Z4nXyt26Q
https://soundcloud.com/mxcisl337/tracks
White Art Collective:
https://www.whiteartcollective.com/
https://dlive.tv/WhiteArtCollective
https://odysee.com/@WhiteArtCollective:a
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfuhpOTMOh0
A Norwegian tale, still told quite often, of generational respect and authority.
You can read the story here:
https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0726.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxmZzE_tp_8