Foggy Oak Fairy Tales

The Blacksmith who Outwitted Death⚒️ 💀

Claire Krendl Gilbert Season 4 Episode 3

Hi friends! This month's episode is a funny adaptation of one of the oldest known fairy tales. A blacksmith makes a bargain with death, and then works to outwit him time and time again. 

Iterations of this story trace back 5 – 6,000 years and have been found in 35 different languages all across the world! If there was ever a classic fairy tale...this would be it. 


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Written, performed, and produced for you by Claire Krendl Gilbert. Thanks to my daughters for their assistance playing and singing the intro and outro!

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