the crane bag archive of story

alphabetical list of all stories

epics and story cycles

Anansi and the Box of Stories (Ghana)
The Birth of Athena (Ancient Greece)
The Birth of Taliesin (Wales)
Branwen, Daughter of Llyr (Wales)
Caedmon's Hymn (England)
"The Curse of Macha" told by Clare Murphy (Ireland)
The Four Magic Bowls (India) 
"The Fox Woman" told by Daniel Deardorff (Siberia)
Elena the Wise (Russia)
The Epic of Finn MacCool (Ireland)
Freya and the Building of the Wall of Asgard (Scandinavia)
The Firebird (Russia - told by four storytellers)
The Firebird (Russia - told by Jay Leeming)
Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ Creation Story with Guest Michelle Seneca 
Gilgamesh (Ancient Mesopotamia)
Red Riding Hood (or "Girl Meets Wolf")
The Golden Tree (The Caucasus)
The Handless Maiden (Germany)
Into the Underworld with the Luckiest Boy Alive (Germany)
King Powell and Lady Rhiannon (Wales)
The Mabinogion (selected stories) (Wales)
The Mahabharata (India)
The Man Who Became a Wolf (Chipewayan, Athabasca)
Maria Morevna (Russia)
Merlyn Frees the Dragons (Wales)
The Mermaid and the Falcon Prince (Germany)
The Name (Haiti)
The Norse Creation Myth (Scandinavia)
The Odyssey (Ancient Greece)
Odin and the Well of Wisdom (Scandinavia)
Odin and the Well of Wisdom Re-visited (Scandinavia)
The Oldest Boy (Inuit) Told by Walton Stanley 
Orpheus, Midas and the Goat-Man in the Garden (Rome)
Orpheus and Eurydice (Ancient Greek)
Persephone (Ancient Greek)
The Pigeon's Bride (Romania) and Interview with Laura Simms
The Poor Man Who Became Rich Through a Dream (Mid-East)
Proteus, the Changing Man of the Sea (Ancient Greek)
Rags and Leaves (Italy)
Rapunzel (Germany)
She Climbs Antlers by Starlight (Georgia)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (England)
​Sleeping Beauty (France)
Stories from "1001 Nights" (Middle East)
The Theft of Sif's Hair (Scandinavia)
Valemon, the White Bear King
The Three Wishes (England)
The Water of Life (Germany)Valemon, the White Bear King
The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell (England)
The Wise Tales of Nasruddin the Fool (Middle East)
The Woman of the Sea (Scotland)

​stories which re-frame our relationship with the natural world

Gilgamesh (Ancient Mesopotamia)
​The Man Who Became a Wolf (Chipewayan, Athabasca)
​The Oldest Boy (Inuit) Told by Walton Stanley 
​The Three Wishes (England)
The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell (England)​

The Epic of Finn MacCool 
Gilgamesh
The Mabinogion
The Mahabharata
The Norse Mythological Cycle
The Odyssey 
​Stories from the Collection Known as "1001 Nights"​

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​interviews/Guests

"The Fox Woman" as told by Daniel Deardorff
​Exploring the Odyssey with Daniel Morden
"The Curse of Macha" as told by Clare Murphy
Exploring the Power of Story with Laura Simms
"Say Goodbye to Hollywood" Author Brian Smolensky
Inner and Outer Vision with Dr. Larry Wallace
Miguel Rivera and the Poetry of Humberto Ak'Abal

​wonder tales

​Elena the Wise (Russia)
​The Firebird (Russia - told by four storytellers)
The Firebird (Russia - told by Jay Leeming)
​Red Riding Hood (or "Girl Meets Wolf")
The Golden Tree (The Caucasus)
The Handless Maiden (Germany)
Into the Underworld with the Luckiest Boy Alive (Germany)
Maria Morevna (Russia)
Merlyn Frees the Dragons (Wales)
The Mermaid and the Falcon Prince (Germany)
The Name (Haiti)
​The Pigeon's Bride (Romania) and Interview with Laura Simms
Rags and Leaves (Italy)
Rapunzel (Germany)
She Climbs Antlers by Starlight (Georgia)
​Sleeping Beauty (France)
The Water of Life (Germany)  
​Valemon, the White Bear King (Norway)

​STORIES WHICH AFFIRM THE POWER OF WOMEN

"The Curse of Macha" told by Clare Murphy (Ireland)
"The Fox Woman" told by Daniel Deardorff (Siberia)
​The Handless Maiden (Germany)
The Mahabharata Part Five: Draupadi's Laughter (India)
​The Name (Haiti)
​The Pigeon's Bride (Romania) and Interview with Laura Simms
Rags and Leaves (Italy)
She Climbs Antlers by Starlight (Georgia)
​Stories from the Collection Known as "1001 Nights"​
​Red Riding Hood (or "Girl Meets Wolf")
​Valemon, the White Bear King (Norway)

stories of the masculine journey

The Epic of Finn MacCool (Ireland)
The Firebird (Russia)
​The Epic of Gilgamesh (Ancient Mesopotamia)
​The Odyssey (Ancient Greece)
​The Water of Life (Germany)  ​

stories which challenge the fixity of social class

​STORIES WHICH EXPLICITLY DESCRIBE A CHANGE IN CONSCIOUSNESS

The Four Magic Bowls (India) 
​Into the Underworld with the Luckiest Boy Alive (Germany)
Elena the Wise (Russia)
The Poor Man Who Became Rich Through a Dream (Mid-East)

stories which describe the creation or destruction of the world

Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ Creation Story with Guest Michelle Seneca 
The Mahabharata, Part One (India)
Markandeya Walks the World (India)
The Norse Creation Myth (Scandinavia)
Odin and the Well of Wisdom (Scandinavia)
Odin and the Well of Wisdom Re-visited (Scandinavia)

​The Birth of Taliesin (Wales)
The Epic of Finn MacCool, Part One (Ireland) 
The Mahabharata Part Five: Draupadi's Laughter (India)
The Mahabharata Part Eleven: Krishna's Last Efforts (India)
Stories from "1001 Nights", Conclusion (Middle East) 

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