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Netherlands folklore

An illustration of Dutch carpenter Hendrik carving a magical wooden shoe in his cottage.

The Legend of the Wooden Shoe: A Tale of Craft and Fortune from the Netherlands

In a quiet Dutch village surrounded by windmills, tulip fields, and glistening canals, there once lived a poor carpenter named Hendrik. His small wooden cottage stood near the edge of the forest, where tall pines and oaks met the open farmlands. Though Hendrik worked hard, his earnings were meager. Still, his heart was rich with patience and pride in his

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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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