DSO Prydain series finale, comparing and contrasting Disney’s “The Black Cauldron” with “The Black Cauldron” by Lloyd Alexander. Produced By Kyle, Vaughn M. Dennis and Vanessa Marek Music “Chainsaw Symphony” composed by 2WEI “Beauty and the Beast” by Alan Menken, Harp cover by Amy Turk “Escalation” composed by Antti Martikainen “Going Hollow” c ...…

We continue our journey in Prydain while we compare and contrast Disney’s “The Black Cauldron” with “The Book of Three” and “The Black Cauldron” by Lloyd Alexander. Co-written By Alicia Brown Produced By Kyle, Vaughn M. Dennis and Vanessa Marek Music “Blood Of The Heroes” by Peter Crowley “Catrin Finch” by Lisa Lân “Cinematic Danger Background ...…

In this episode, we compare and contrast Disney’s “The Black Cauldron” with the two books it is based on, “The Book of Three” and “The Black Cauldron” by Lloyd Alexander. Produced By Rachael Ward, Vaughn M. Dennis and Vanessa Marek Music “Big Bad Villain” composed by: Kurt Tomlinson “Dance of Life” composed by Peder B. Helland “Druidic Dreams” ...…

DSO is back! This brief announcement explains what’s been going on, and what’s next.

In this episode, we compare and contrast Disney’s “Tangled” with Giambattista Basile’s “Petrosinella”, “Persinette” by Charlotte Rose de Caumont de La Force, and “Rapunzel” by The Brothers Grimm. Produced By Princess King Taylor and Vanessa Marek Music Soliloquy by Matthew Pablo Douce Dame Jolie performed by Annwn Recommended Reading Bibliograp ...…

In this DSO Halloween Special, we compare and contrast Disney’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” with Washington Irving’s classic short story. Produced By Princess King Taylor, Kyle Allcorn, Amanda Urrutia and Frankie Dain Music “The Witching Hour” by Peter Grundy “Bonny Broom” by Hesperus Early Music Ensemble Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 Op ...…

Continuing the story of Alice in Wonderland as compared with Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There”, in this episode we discuss the The Jabbawock, The Griffon, Mock Turtle and Lobster Quadrille and compare Disney’s trial of Alice with the original story’s the trial of The Kn ...…

Continuing the story of Alice in Wonderland as compared with Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There”, in this episode we discuss the hookah smoking caterpillar, the angry pigeon, Cheshire Cat and the Mad Tea Party. Produced By Princess King Taylor and Kyle Allcorn Music “Fun ...…

On July 4th, 1862 ten year old Alice Liddell and her sisters Ina and Edith set out from Folly Bridge in a row boat with the 30-year-old Charles Lutwidge Dodgeson. During their trip, Alice asked him to tell them a story, and in his vast imagination, Dodgeson conjured up a whimsical tale about a young girl, named Alice, who followed a white rabbi ...…

The origin story of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, the story people tend to hear, about Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell rowing up the river while in improvises a story to entertain her is only half the story. Like past supplemental episodes, it’s a story I want to tell, but it just wanders too far away from the purpose of the main episode, ...…

Produced By Hayley Jesse Johnson Lee Witham Princess King-Taylor and Robert Torres Music “Belicha” by Ensemble Unicorn “The Farmer’s Frolic” by Gaelic Storm “Manaus (Word of Incantation)” By Tellu “Over The Ocean” By idanyi Recommended Reading The Little Mermaid by: Hans Christian Andersen Mermaid and Other Water Spirit Tales From Around the Wo ...…

Produced By Hayley Jesse Johnson Lee Witham Princess King-Taylor and Robert Torres Music “The Danish Immigrant” By: Andreas Tophøj & Rune Barslund “A Moment To Reflect” By Liam Bradbury “The Last Dance” By: Reuben Ch’ng “Lygtemanden” By: Markando Folkemusik “The Hidden” By JM Scherf “Over The Ocean” By idanyi “Svevende Jord” By: Tone Hulbækmo “ ...…

In this short Supplemental, I address the fan theory which alleges a connection between Disney’s “Tangled”, “Frozen” and “The Little Mermaid”. //

Art by: Brianna Garcia Join me as I celebrate the 1st Anniversary of DSO, answer questions and discuss the story origins of The Disney Story Origins Podcast.

In the final episode of the Aladdin Series, we pick up where we left off in episode 5b, with Disney’s Aladdin trying to repair the damage of his first attempt to court Princess Jasmine, and Aladdin from the “One Thousand and One Nights” sabotaging Princess Badr Al-Badur’s marriage to the son of the Sultan’s grand vizier. There is plenty of exci ...…

In our last episode, we left both Disney’s Aladdin and Shahdazad’s Aladdin sealed within a deep treasure trove. Disney called it The Cave of Wonders, and in the One Thousand and One Nights it is the Cave of Treasure. To all appearances, that should’ve been the end of the story and there shouldn’t have been anything left to say about Aladdin. An ...…

I tried to squeeze the whole subject of Jinn into Aladdin Part 2, but to do so would kill the momentum of the Aladdin story, so I decided this should be another supplemental. And since you all like the first supplemental about Shahadazad so much, supplemental episodes may become a regular thing. When you do a little research about Jinn, one thi ...…

The story of Aladdin is one of the most familiar narratives in all of literature, a classic ‘rags to riches’ tale featuring a young hero who has to learn an important lesson; an exotic setting; a good healthy dose of magic; a beautiful heroine; and an evil villain (or two, depending on which version of the story you follow).In this episode I’ll ...…

In Disney Story Origins Episode 5, I’ll be discussing the Disney Film “Aladdin” based on “Aladdin or his Magical Lamp”, which is one of many small stories within a large Middle Eastern story called “One Thousand and One Nights” better known us westerner as “The Arabian Nights”. It is the story of a young woman named Scheherazade, who every nigh ...…

We start where we left of in Episode 4a – Mulan Part 1, Mulan has joined the army. How does Mulan from the old tales prevent being discovered to be a woman? I discuss the origins of Mushu, Li Shang and what makes Chi Fu such a misognyst. I talk about how Disney’s Mulan and Mulan from the legends approaches, trains for and wages war, and how she ...…

The story of Mulan is one of the most mundane of all Chinese folktales. In Ancient China, with folklore rife with magic, Gods, Demons, Dragons and all kinds of supernatural influences, it was the plausibility of Mulan that made it such a compelling story. Though her story has changed through the centuries, its core elements remain constant. A y ...…

“Sleeping Beauty” is one of the most popular fairy tales of all time. The story with its many varied renditions and adaptations has intrigued readers and audiences for centuries. It has been told and retold continuously in movies, plays, novels and poetry, resonating with our ancestors as well as our own generations. In this episode Disney’s Sl ...…

In this episode I tell the stories of both Disney’s “Frozen” and Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen” to illustrate the vast difference between Disney’s movie and the source material. Recommended Reading The Snow Queen (Illustrated) (Print) The Snow Queen (Kindle) The Snow Queen (Online/Free) Music in the “Snow Queen” segments of this epi ...…

The story of Pocahontas has fascinated people for more than four centuries and it still inspires people today. It will undoubtedly continue to do so. This episode explores the origin of the Pocahontas myth, reveals the truth about John Smith and discusses the historical events surrounding the iconic couple. Recommended Reading: Pocahontas and t ...…

This 6 minute episode introduces the podcast, what it’s about and how it’s going to work.