The tale of the doctor who defied Death - Iseult Gillespie

TED-Ed · 7.6M views · 2020 · 5:28

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Explores a German folktale about a doctor who bargains with Death, reflecting on mortality and human ambition.

Linked by 4 independent sites, 2 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including ted.com, kulturologia.ru, dashu.ai, edutainment-ted.jp.