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Parchment-style artwork of Giant Jordan looming over a misty Alpine lake, Tyrolean folktale scene.

The Giant Jordan: A Tyrolean Folktale That Teaches Lessons on Compassion and the Dangers of Cruelty

High in the mist-covered mountains of the Tyrol, near the shadowed caves of Eggerskeller, there once lived a fearsome being known as Jordan the Giant. His name alone was enough to send shivers through every shepherd’s heart and make the bravest hunters turn pale. With shoulders broad as boulders and hands that could uproot a pine tree in a single

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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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