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Belgian Folktales

Legends of tricksters, monks, and village mischief.
An artwork of mermaid rising from North Sea near Westende, Flemish coastal folktale scene.

The Mermaid of Westende

Along the windswept coast of West Flanders, where the North Sea beats relentlessly against dunes and fishing boats sway beneath vast grey skies, the village of Westende has long carried a story whispered between tides. It is a tale born from stormlight and salt spray, a legend of a mermaid

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1 An artwork of the golden-bearded man at the milk-white brook, Hungarian folktale scene

The Gold‑Bearded Man

Once upon a time, in the heart of Hungary’s wide and gently rolling plain, in the region of Nagykőrös, there lived a
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