Il-Prinċep tas-Sriep (The Serpent Prince): A Maltese Folktale
In the heart of Malta, far from the busy harbors and salt-washed coasts, lay a cluster of villages where stone houses stood close together and olive trees shaded narrow paths. In these villages, stories were not written but spoken, passed from grandmother to child during long evenings, when oil lamps flickered and the wind pressed softly against wooden shutters. Among