Why The Sea Is Salt | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Blue Fairy Book (1889)

The Three Ravens Podcast · Jun 23, 2025 · 10m

Our seventh Lang Fairy Tale is one a short one but a good one: Why The Sea Is Salt - a quest for earthly happiness through the power of cured meats, seasoning, and a magical hand-mill that can make anything.

Just don't ask us where the Old Man came from, or what happened to him...

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…