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An illustration of the Lady of the Seven Skirts at a crossroads, Portuguese folktale.

The Lady of the Seven Skirts: A Portuguese Folktale

In the countryside of central and northern Portugal, where old roads cross beneath open skies and rivers slip quietly through fields and forests, there are places the people pass without lingering. These are the crossroads where paths meet without signposts, and the riverbanks where mist rises at dusk. Long before such places were marked on maps, they were known by

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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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