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Parchment-style illustration of Buckriders flying on goats, Belgian folklore scene from Limburg.

The Buckriders of Limburg: Belgian Folktale

Along the mist-covered fields and wooded hills of Limburg, where the borders of Flemish and Walloon lands blur into one another, villagers once whispered of a terror that rode the night sky. These riders were called the Buckriders, Bokkenrijders, a secret brotherhood said to travel after dark upon flying goats, passing unseen over hedges, rivers, and church towers alike. 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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