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Send us a text Kids Myth Plus Episode 30! Chaos and Order - The Japanes Creation Story; The Birth Time of the Gods This episode is the second in our series Chaos and Order. A beautifully written rendition of the Japanese creation myth adapted from the Book: Old-World Japan: Legends of the Land of the Gods" by Frank Rinder In this episode we'll discus some of the vocabulary brought up in the story and explore a couple differences between the shinto beliefes expressed in the Japanese myth and those we found in the Bible's creation story.  Narration Score and original Sound Design by Aaron James. Thanks for listening Please reach out to us with any questions or comments, and don't forget to leave a rating and comment - love hearing from you. Thanks for listening! Kidsmythplus.com @kidsmythplus on instagram/TikTok/Youtube Instagram Facebook Support the show Support the show

Send us a text Welcome to a fresh season of Kids Myth Plus!  We're starting 2026 with a series of Creation Stories from around the world and back again. We're calling it Chaos and Order. Kids Myth Plus Episode 29 begins the series with the first creation story I remember -The Book Genesis. It's a story shared by the 3 faiths known collectivly as "people of the book" Abrahamic religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam We open with a quick telling of our modern scientific creation story - The Big Bang Theory, and talk a little about metaphor using the example the "bang" of the Big Bang Theory. Narration Score and original Sound Design by Aaron James. Thanks for listening Please reach out to us with any questions or comments, and don't forget to leave a rating and comment - love hearing from you. Thanks for listening! Kidsmythplus.com @kidsmythplus on instagram/TikTok/Youtube Instagram Facebook Support the show

Send us a text Today's episode is the fourth and final in our series, bringing you the romantic era classic penned by Hans Christian Andersen, The Snow Queen.  The Snow Queen was written in 7 Stories.   Kids Myth Plus episode 28 includes the final 3 Stories.  If you have not listened to the first 4 parts  Now is your chance to catch up and listen to all seven parts!   In part one of our series (KMP ep 25) we presented the first two stories : Story 1: About the Mirror and Its Pieces. Story 2 : A Little Boy and a Little Girl. In Part 2 (KMP ep 26 ) you’ll find: Story 3: The Garden of the woman who knew Magic.   And in Part 3  (KMP ep. 27) you will find:  Story 4: The Prince and Princess. KIDS MYTH PLUS Ep 28. includes the final 3 stories: Story 5: The Little Robber Girl Story 6: the Lapland woman and The Finland Woman Story 7: Of the Palace Of The Snow Queen and What Happened There At Last Enjoy and please reach out with your comments we’d love to hear from you. Support the show

Send us a text EPISODE 27! Kids Myth Plus is excited to present a special 2022 rendition of Hans Christian Andersen's original fairytale first published in 1844 - The Snow Queen. A potent romantic era struggle between good and evil, packed with vivid symbolism. In KMP episode 27  we present story 4 of 7. The Prince and Princess Do you Remember your dreams? What are dreams?  Story Four points us toward the Romantics favorite source of creativity, the window into the soul of expression - our dreams.  In Episode 27 we challenge you to begin a Dream Journal of your own and share a picture or page from your journal. Send a pic to @kidsmythplus on instagram! Enjoy the episode and please reach out to share you reactions interpretations and thoughts on this intriguing masterwork of 19th century romantic literature. Narration, adaptation, score and original sound design by Aaron James. Thanks for listening Thanks for listening! @kidsmythplus on facebook/instagram/ youtube Instagram Support the show

Send us a text EPISODE 26! Kids Myth Plus is excited to present a special 2022 rendition of Hans Christian Andersen's original fairytale first published in 1844 - The Snow Queen. A potent romantic era struggle between good and evil, packed with vivid symbolism. In KMP episode 26  we present story 3 of 7. The garden of the woman who knew magic.  Listen for some examples of the romantic spirit in this story - and the love for the power of nature, the connection with the natural world and spirituality. Magic and things not easily explained by reason and science alone.  Enjoy and please reach out to share you reactions interpretations and thoughts on this intriguing masterwork of 19th century romantic literature. Narration, adaptation, score and original sound design by Aaron James. Thanks for listening Please reach out to us with any questions or comments, and don't forget to leave a rating and let us know how you like the episode. Thanks for listening! @kidsmythplus on facebook/instagram/ youtube Instagram Support the show

Send us a text EPISODE 25! Kids Myth Plus is excited to present a special 2022 rendition of Hans Christian Andersen's original fairytale first published in 1844 - The Snow Queen. A struggle between good and evil packed with vivid symbolism HCA's The Snow Queen is a wonderful treat  packed with a powerful message. Enjoy and please reach out to share you reactions interpretations and thoughts on this intriguing masterwork of 19th century literature. Narration Score and original Sound Design by Aaron James. Thanks for listening Please reach out to us with any questions or comments, and don't forget to leave a rating and let us know how you like the episode. Thanks for listening! @kidsmythplus on facebook/instagram/ youtube Instagram       Support the show

Send us a text A wolf who eats a horse... 6 princess and princesses turned to stone...  a salmon a raven and a giant who keeps his heart hidden away.  In this week's episode we'll talk bit about learning to read and ponder on the concept of vulnerability.      Our story is adapted from : The Norwegian Fairy Book Edited by Klara Stroebe Published 1922 Narration Score and original Sound Design by Aaron James. Thanks for listening Please reach out to us with any questions or comments, and don't forget to leave a rating and let us know how you like the episode. Thanks for listening!  @kidsmythplus on facebook/instagram/ youtube Instagram Facebook Support the show

Send us a text Integrity, Loyalty, Honesty, characteristics of the Norse Gods? Judge for yourself.  In this week's episode: How Frey Won Gerda , the Giant Maiden, and How He Lost His Magic Sword, Frey longs for his sister Freya, sits  in a throne that is not his own and makes a fateful bargain. We also learn about Skadi the daughter of Thiazi the giant and how she comes to mary a Vanir.   This week's story comes from Padraic Colum's classic: The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths Published 1920 Narration and original sound design by Aaron James. Thanks for listening Please reach out to us with any questions or comments. @kidsmythplus on facebook/instagram/ youtube Instagram Facebook Support the show

Send us a text Remember to Dream Big !  Episode 22 is is a Finnish Tale - It’s called :MIghty Mikko, The Story of a Poor Woodsman and a Grateful Fox. Through the use of his cunning and witt - a little bit of digging up of some villagers gold and one roasted dragon but still, through largely non violent means the silver tongued fox creates a life the poor woodsman would never have allowed himself to even dream of. Episode 22 is adapted from the book first published in 1922 called  Mighty Mikko : a Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and folktales By Parker Fillmore Narration and original sound design by Aaron James. Please reach out to us with any questions or comments. @kidsmythplus on facebook/instagram/ youtube Instagram Facebook Support the show

Send us a text This week's episode is from perhaps the most famous of all the european fairy tale collections; The Grimm's, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales. Our Version is taken from the translations by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes   The Raven  - A baby, (a princess baby) that could not be quieted is transformed. A person passing by  has the chance to rescue her. Off course it won't be easy.  He will be tested and fail but will he still be successful ?  How will he do it? Will the princess and her saviour live happily ever after? Have a listen and find out... Narration and original sound design by Aaron James. Please reach out to us with any questions or comments. @kidsmythplus on facebook/instagram/ youtube Instagram Facebook Support the show

Send us a text This week's story comes to us from the 1894 book;  Tales from the Punjab. It’s is a book of folk tales collected from the people of the Punjab region of India  translated and written down for publication by the English Author Flora Annie Steel. Flora Annie Steel  lived from April 1847 –  April 1929. She spent 22 years living in Punjab region of India. The prince starts his adventure by taking hold of a magical golden deer. The deer strikes a bargain with the prince to take him on a ride he will never forget.  Narration and original sound design by Aaron James. Please reach out to us with any questions or comments. @kidsmythplus on facebook/instagram/ youtube Instagram Facebook Support the show

Send us a text This week we bring you a chilly little tale called  The Twelve Months. This story is popular in eastern and southern europe where hundreds of different variations have been told. Ours is based on the telling from the book : Fairy Tales of the Slav peasants and Herdsmen From the French of Alex. Chodsko Translated and Illustrated by Emily J. Harding As we record this episode it is the hottest of hot summer days here in our corner of the world and a chilly winter tale seems just right. Our heroine will bravely trek into the frozen mountain forest and do what she has to without question. She’ll make her own way in the world despite …. Yes a nasty stepmother and stepsister problem.  This is a tale of a good and kind heroine who accepts her fate without question and pushes forward against the odds, against her certain demise and impossible task. Yet, in the end, she is successful and her tormentors are … well frozen in ice and snow?    Narration and original sound design by Aaron James. Please reach out to us with any questions or comments or just to send some emojis! @kidsmythplus on facebook/instagram/ youtube Instagram Facebook   Support the show

Send us a text Episode 18 - Playing with the concept of time and the desire to escape it's clutches, this weeks story is adapted from the 1885 collection of Romanian fairy tales : Roumanian Fairy Tales Collected by MITE KREMNITZ Adapted and Arranged by J.M. Percival Narration and original sound design by Aaron James. Please reach out to us with any questions or comments @kidsmythplus on facebook/instagram/ youtube Instagram Facebook Support the show

Send us a text Today's story, Sif's Golden Hair: How Loki Wrought Mischief in Asgard Loki of course gets himself into some trouble and must use his cunning to redeem himself. After which he finds himself making another dangerous wager, a bet with a dwarf, that will risk the head on his shoulders  Loki will transform himself into a gadfly and do his best to tip the scales in his own favor.  The Warrior Goddess Sif will have a seriously bad hair day the dwellers in asgard will gain some valuable objects and either Loki the trickster or Brock the Dwarve may lose a head.   Drawn from the Book: The Children of Odin : The Book of Northern Myths By Podraic Colum With Illustrations By Willy Pogany 1920 Narration and original sound design by Aaron James. Please reach out to us with any questions or comments or just to send some emojis! @kidsmythplus on facebook/instagram/ youtube Instagram Facebook Support the show

Send us a text Episode 16 Vasilissa the Fair In this week's episode we’ll find out why it was so important to always keep a flame a light in your home. And what one brave girl will go through in order to obtain light for her dark world.  She will face great hardship after losing her mother, travel through a dark dangerous forest, enter the house of a Baba Yaga, live with her and pass her tests all with the help of a special gift given to her by her mother as she lie on her deathbed.  This weeks Tale : Vassilissa the fair is adapted from the version found in the book : Russian Fairy Tales a Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-Lore By W.R.S. Ralston, M.A., 1873 For you grown ups out there check out the book Women who run with wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes She tells a hauntingly beautiful version of this story and has some fabulous interpretation.   Also for the younger and the older out there check out a  really great Young adult book: The House with Chicken Legs, By Sophie Anderson My daughter and I have been reading it and it’s great . Thanks for listening. Narration and sound design by Aaron James Please contact us with any questions or comments @kidsmythplus on facebook / instagram/YouTube Instagram Facebook YouTube    Support the show