A huntsman helps an old woman and is rewarded with an unusual way to get gold coins and a cloak of teleportation. A witch steals them from him but he outsmarts her with lettuce that turns people into donkeys and marries her daughter to live hap

121. The Prince Who Feared Nothing

Apr 20th, 2023 11m 47s

An extremely cocky prince goes out to adventure in the world, and it seems to pay off for him when a friendly lion defends him from a troublesome giant. The story ends with an awkward usage of the color black equating being cursed.

120. The Three Journeymen

Jan 6th, 2023 7m 53s

Three traveling journeymen agree to a strange request from the devil.

119. The Seven Swabians

Dec 30th, 2022 7m 21s

Seven guys from southern Germany set out across the world to have adventures.

118. The Three Army Surgeons

Dec 21st, 2022 7m 8s

Three surgeons brag they know all there is to know about surgery when in reality they have a magic salve. Their boasts come back to haunt them.

117. The Stubborn Child

Dec 20th, 2022 2m 20s

A stubborn child is killed by the lord, and apparently only a spanking can give him peace.

116. The Blue Light

Apr 9th, 2013 11m 12s

A wounded soldier is dismissed by an uncaring king. He finds a magical friend and gets revenge.

115. The Bright Sun Will Bring it to Light

Mar 27th, 2013 4m 57s

A poor wandering tailer robs and kills a fellow traveller.The victim’s last words were “the bright sun will bring it to light”. It took many years, but eventually, with the help of the bright sun, the tailor’s crime became known.

114. The Clever Little Tailor

Jan 9th, 2013 7m 56s

An unassuming little tailor correctly answers a princess’s riddle and is then entitled to marry her, but he must first spend a night with a bear.

113. The Two Kings' Children

Jan 7th, 2013 18m 28s

A young prince is kidnapped by foreign king and must pass a series of challenges. If he fails, he will be put to death, but if he succeeds, he will win one of the king’s daughters for his bride.

112. The Fleshing Flail from Heaven

Dec 20th, 2012 3m 42s

A farmer drops a turnip seed and it grows into a tree that reaches all the way up into heaven. So, naturally, he climbs it.

111. The Expert Marksman

Dec 6th, 2012 13m 47s

With the aid of a magical gun, a huntsman tricks and kills three evil giants. In doing so, he wins the hand of a princess.

110. The Jew in the Thornbush

Nov 16th, 2012 11m 42s

Warning! This story contains offensive racial stereotypes from another era, and is not suitable for all audiences. A journeyman apprentice is granted magical items and powers after being kind to a dwarf, but he later uses them to toment a jew h

109. The Little Shroud

Oct 26th, 2012 3m 7s

A beloved boy dies, and returns to tell his mother to stop crying.

108. Hans My Hedgehog

Oct 24th, 2012 13m 11s

A farmer and his wife give birth to a son who is half boy, and hedgehog. He grows up to play the bagpipes, ride a rooster, and inherit a kingdom.

107. The Two Travelers

Oct 23rd, 2012 24m 55s

Two craftsmen, one a tailor and the other a shoemaker, one good and the other bad, travel together through the country.

106. The Poor Miller's Apprentice and the Cat

Oct 2nd, 2012 9m 43s

A miller is nearing retirement age and has no family to pass his mill down to. He tells his three hired men that whichever goes out into the world and brings back the best horse can have the mill. One of them, a very simple man, finds a magical

105. Tales About Toads

Sep 21st, 2012 4m 56s

Three very short and sad tales (fragments, really) about toads.

104. The Clever People

Sep 19th, 2012 9m 37s

Good-hearted but dim-witted people get taken advantage of by greedy people.

103. The Sweet Porridge

Sep 17th, 2012 3m 7s

A cautionary tale about having a magic item but forgetting how to use it.

102. The Wren and the Bear

Sep 14th, 2012 7m 3s

A chronicle of the short war between the animals that walk and the animals that fly.

101. Bearskin

Sep 13th, 2012 12m 39s

A desolate soldier is given a proposition by the devil: live for seven years like a beast and be set for life, or forfeit his soul. The soldier passes the challenge and finds a wife in the process, but the devil also comes out a winner.

100. The Devil's Sooty Brother

Sep 7th, 2012 8m 34s

A down and out discharged soldier gets hired on to become the Devil’s assistant. He serves well enough for seven years, and is well paid for his service.

99. The Spirit in the Glass Bottle

Aug 31st, 2012 10m 48s

A student discovers a mean spirit in a glass bottle. He outsmarts the spirit, and once he sets the spirit free, he is rewarded with a magical item that sets him and his poor father up for life.

98. Doctor Know-It-All

Aug 30th, 2012 6m 1s

A farmer asks a doctor how he too could become a doctor. The doctor gives him a sarcastic response, but the farmer follows it anyway. He then lucks into fame and fortune.