Story Prescription: A women's initiation journey from girlhood to womanhood.

Story Caution: This story contains adult themes, some gore, and some strong language. It is suitable for children age 12+ and adults. A young girl goes into the forest and on the way to her grandmother's house meets a wolf. If you think you know this story, think again. This is the women's oral version, centuries old. In it, women can think on their feet and can ask the right questions.

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