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Giambattista Basile folklore

An illustration of a prince opening a magical citron, Southern Italian folktale scene

The Three Citrons: A Southern Italian Folktale of Love and Deception

In the days when the Kingdom of Naples lay under a blazing southern sun and the hills rang with shepherd songs and church bells, there lived a young prince whose heart was restless and unfulfilled. Though he lacked nothing in wealth or comfort, a strange melancholy followed him like a shadow. No laughter pleased him for long, no feast satisfied

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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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