About this episode

Episode 32 explores themes of greed, love, and karma through four tales from Grimm’s Fairy tales.

Back from a long break River Reads returns with Episode 32 - Proposing Opposites Beware, with themes of greed, love and karma. Of warnings of wanting too much of others and other things. This episode features, in no particular order, four tales from the collection Grimm’s Fairy tales: 1) The Fisherman and His Wife, 2) The Robber Bridegroom, 3) Jorinda and Joringel and 4) The Clever Gretel. Be sure to listen ‘til the end for the reveal of the episode's Gender Blender tale. Please n...

People in this episode

Host: River Wilde

Topics covered

• greed
• love
• karma
• fairy tales
• warnings

Keywords

• greed
• love
• karma
• fairy tales
• warnings
• Grimm's Fairy tales
• The Fisherman and His Wife
• The Robber Bridegroom
• Jorinda and Joringel
• The Clever Gretel

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Grimm’s Fairy tales, The Fisherman and His Wife, The Robber Bridegroom, Jorinda and Joringel, The Clever Gretel

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