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Myths and Legends
Stories of wisdom, wonder and imagination from the Fables of Aesop and the epics of Homer to the folklore of India, Japan, Russia and Britain.
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The Heron and the Crab
Based on The Fables of Bidpai
An ageing Heron finds himself a little too stiff to fish for himself, so he thinks of a way to get the fish to do it for him.
Posted October 29 2022
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The Raven and the Snake
A harassed mother Raven vows bloody revenge on a venomous Snake, but the wily old Jackal has a better idea.
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The Doom of the Danaides
By Clay Lane
By day Danaus had to watch his fifty unhappy daughters marry their fifty cruel cousins, but the wedding night was yet to come.
Posted September 30 2022
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A Tail of Woe
Translated by William Caxton
Reynard the Fox was mortified to hear his efforts to rescue Isegrim’s wife from a frozen lake had been misinterpreted.
Posted September 24 2022
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The Lion’s Share
By Sir Roger L’Estrange
Following a succesful hunting partnership, the Lion explains how the spoils are to be divided.
Posted August 25 2022
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The Fall of Icarus
By Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid)
Trapped in Crete with his son Icarus, the craftsman and inventor Daedalus realises a bold and desperate plan to get away.
Posted June 29 2022
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