Story Prescription: A tale of women's wisdom, and the healing power of music.

Story Caution: This story contains descriptions of imprisonment.

A beautiful and humorous story rom Russia, where a wise Tsarista (a queen) plays music to save a life.

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Music: Thank you to ⁠⁠In Feathers ⁠⁠for the beautiful music, and to Megan Sahara for the harp music.

Story Sources: Russian Folktales (1915); Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World (2000).

Story Prescription: A favourite tale that shows us that after darkness there is light, that after winter there is spring, that after grief, there is hope.

Story Caution: This story contains contains themes of rape within a paradigm of mythic narrative.

A story from Ancient Greece, about a daughter called Persephone's abduction, and her mournful, wrathful and unrelenting search by her mother, Demeter.

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Music: Thank you to ⁠⁠In Feathers ⁠⁠for the beautiful music.

Story Sources: Homer; Ovid; Myths of the Sacred Tree

Story Prescription: To know love, we also must know that it may not last forever. To appreciate life, we must know that it cannot stay for eternity. This is a story about love and about death, and how the two are interlinked. Mostly it's a story about life and love, from Armenia.

Thank you to InFeathers for the Music.

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