EPISODE · Apr 14, 2018 · 4 MIN
The Elves and the Shoemaker
from Dark and Twisty Tales: folk stories and fairy tales for the unafraid. · host Julia Norton - Actor, Singer, Storyteller.
The Elves and the Shoemaker" is an often copied and re-made 1806 story about a poor shoemaker who receives much-needed help from elves. The original story is the first of three fairy tales, contained as entry 39 in the German 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' under the common title "Die Wichtelmänner". In her translation of 1884 Margaret Hunt chose The Elves as title for these three stories.
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