# Rapunzel, The Nettle Spinner, and Farmer Weatherbeard

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Podcast: [The Three Ravens Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-three-ravens-podcast-6092563)
Published: 2026-06-25T05:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.threeravenspodcast.com/
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On this week's Lang Fairy Tales episode we have another triple-bill - though these ones are all slightly wonky... We begin with Rapunzel , a tale with its roots in ancient Persian mythology, although what the Langs do with it leaves a little to be desired! Next up it's The Nettle Spinner , another Charles Deulin legend out of Flanders which seems to speak to the power of the Protestant work ethic in the face of villainy! Last then comes Farmer Weatherbeard , a story drawn from Norse mythology that gets completely muddled in translation, missing the point of the original and focusing not on the apprentice who undoes his master, but on the apprentice's father, who has very little to recommend him as a protagonist... Collectively, it makes for an episode of slightly broken stories - and, in turn, some really interesting chats about them which we hope you enjoy! Speak to you again on Saturday for our Essex-themed Three Ravens Live Show from Great Dunmow BookFest and, as soon as it's not too hot to sit and record it, our Patreon Exclusive episode for June all about The History and Folklore of Boardgames! If you are unfamiliar with the Lang Fairy Tales, these seminal collections were assembled between 1889 and 1913 by a married couple, folklorists and translators Nora and Andrew Lang, with most of the work done to compile them completed by Nora, also known as Leonora Blanche Alleyne. Assembled and published in 12 colour-coded "Fairy Books," the corpus the Langs put together included 798 fairy tales from across cultures, many of which had never before been translated into English. They were amongst the most influential books of their time, changing the course of children's literature - although they're hardly just for children, and often deal with quite challenging concepts.…

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