"The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces" (S2, #3)

Wise Crone Cottage Podcast

In the third episode of Season Two, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, shares the story of "The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces." This Grimm Brothers' tale has variants found throughout Germany and central Europe. We’ll also explore how the wise crone handles youthful indulgence.
Story: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Die drei Spinnerinnen, Kinder- und Hausmarchen (Children's and Household Tales -- Grimms' Fairy Tales), 7th ed. (Berlin, 1857), no. 133.
Cover illustration: by R. Anning Bell in Grimm's Household Tales, Edwardes & Bell, 1912.
Music: The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Copyright 2020 Kathy Shimpock. All rights reserved.

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