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An illustration of the Rock of the Caillettes rolling toward a greedy shepherd, Swiss Jura folktale scene.

The Rock of the Caillettes

In the rugged heights of the Jura Mountains, where mist curled around pine-clad slopes and clear alpine streams trickled through mossy valleys, locals spoke in hushed tones of a powerful and mysterious stone: La Pierre des Caillettes, the Rock of Punishment. Travelers, shepherds, and villagers alike told tales of its wrath, how it would roll from its resting place to

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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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