Tales from around the World
Norway
Peer Gynt
Norway’s greatest fairy tale is retold with music and a nod to the dramatist, Ibsen.
Duration: 1) 00:15:21 2) 00:13:29 3) 00:11:49 4) 00:10:27 5) 00:08:30
Ireland
The Pot of Broth
A cunning old soldier has a "magical" stone that can make a pot of broth - although it could taste better with the help of Sibby Connelly's Chicken - adapted from a play by WB Yeats.
Duration: 00:15:06
Japan
The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling
A story from Japan that will make you laugh, featuring a funny old woman, a Jizo and some Oni with giant appetites.
Duration: 00:11:48
The Goblin Spider
A creepy-crawly story from Japan about a Samurai who must stay the night in a temple haunted by a giant Goblin-Spider.
Duration: 00:05:55
The Boy Who Loved to Draw Cats
A boy is training to be a zen monk in Japan. Life in the monastery is hard. There is one thing he loves to do - and it is not to study or work in the garden.
Duration: 00:08:04
France
The Evil Mouse
An old French story about an evil mouse who orders a young girl to play with fire.
Duration: 00:20:00
Finette Part One & Two
Finette loves bright clothes and golden jewellery. In particular she wears a necklace made of golden bullets. She is trapped in the service of a giant. One day a new stable boy, Yvon, starts work for the giant. Soon Yvon has to complete some impossible tasks. Only Finette can help him. A story from Brittany in France.
Duration: 1) 00:26:19 2) 00:18:22
Ancient India
The Crow and his Friends
A story from ancient India in which a crow makes friends with three animals who are very different from himself and together they fend off dangers.
Duration: 00:20:09
Ghana
How Wisdom Got Out
Anansi, our hero from Ghana in West Africa, keeps all the world's wisdom in a pot and he decides to hide it up a tree.
Duration: 00:04:45