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Jan 26, 20235 min read

In Summary: Medea

The focus of Euripides' famous play, Medea was wife to the Greek hero Jason and both mother and murderer to his children.

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Sep 29, 20223 min read

In Summary: The Wedding of Thor

When his beloved hammer, Mjolnir is stolen Thor, god of thunder has no choice but to disguise himself as a bride to steal it back.

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Sep 1, 20224 min read

In Summary: The Goose Girl

This strange Brothers Grimm tale features a mistreated princess, a kind king and most importantly, the skull of a talking horse.

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Jul 14, 20223 min read

In Summary: The Ballad of Tam Lin

A popular Scottish ballad, the legend of Tam Lin tells the story of Janet who must win her Love from the cunning fairy queen.

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Jun 16, 20222 min read

In Summary: The First Tulips

Flowers are often born from tragedy, such was the case of the romance between Farhad and Shirin, whose doomed love birthed the first tulip.

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Apr 7, 20223 min read

In Summary: How Maui Caught the Sun

We recount a legend of the Polynesian hero, Maui and how he caught to sun to slow its hurried rush across the sky.

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Feb 24, 20223 min read

In Summary: How Anansi won the World’s Stories

We explore the legend of how Anansi won all the stories of the world from the sky-god Nyame.

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Jan 14, 20224 min read

In Summary: The Swallow, the Hoopoe and the Nightingale

We summarise a classical Greek tragedy, originally collected in Ovid's Metamorphoses, telling a tale of murder, betrayal and revenge.

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