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October 2025

A glowing moon with a woman’s face and a hunter gazing upward, inspired by an Inuit folktale from Canada.

The Woman Who Became the Moon

October 31, 2025
In the beginning, when the world was still young and the sky had no stars, the Inuit people lived beneath a long, endless twilight. The sea shimmered in pale light, and the ice stretched far into the horizon. Every day was the same, without night or dawn, and the people
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The Sky Hunters and the Great Whale

October 31, 2025
In the age when the earth and sky were still young and the breath of the spirits filled the air, the Inuit people lived between the frozen sea and the shimmering heavens. The sea gave them life, and the sky gave them light. Every creature was sacred, every wind carried
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An illustration of a miner sharing food with a mountain spirit in the hills of Puebla, Mexican folktale.

The Lord of the Hill (El Señor del Cerro)

October 31, 2025
In the highlands of Puebla, where the clouds drift low and the slopes shimmer with green after the summer rains, the people still whisper of El Señor del Cerro The Lord of the Hill. He is said to dwell within the heart of the mountains, watching over the hidden veins of
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A mountain shaped like a woman glowing beneath the northern lights, from an Inuit legend about love and sacrifice.

The Stone Woman of the Tundra

October 31, 2025
Long ago, when the earth was still young and the northern wind spoke in the language of spirits, the tundra stretched endless and silent. There were no towns, no ships, no fences only snow, stone, and sky. The people who lived there were few, moving with the caribou and seals,
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The Ice Fox and the Endless Night

October 31, 2025
Long before the first humans built their snow houses on the tundra, the land of the far north lived in rhythm with the sky. The Sun and Moon were like patient guardians, taking turns watching over the frozen earth. When the Sun shone, it painted the snow in golden fire.
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An illustration of a jaguar spirit protecting a shepherd in an Oaxacan valley, Mixtec and Zapotec folktale scene.

The Nahual : The Shapeshifting Sorcerer of Oaxaca

October 31, 2025
The Nahual: The Shapeshifting Sorcerer of Oaxaca In the highlands of Oaxaca, where the air carries the scent of copal and the wind hums with ancestral whispers, people still speak of the nahual, the shapeshifting sorcerer who walks between worlds. Under the moonlight, they say, a man may shed his human form
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An illustration of the Devil as a black horseman offering gold on a moonlit Mexican road.

The Charro Negro: The Black Horseman

October 31, 2025
In the dusty heartlands of New Spain, where moonlight turns the agave fields silver and the roads stretch lonely through hills and ravines, travelers still whisper of a figure who rides when the world sleeps, El Charro Negro, the Black Horseman. They say he appears at the edge of night, his
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An illustration of a ghostly nun guarding a buried treasure in a colonial convent, Mexican folktale scene.

The Treasure of the Conquistador’s Nun

October 31, 2025
In the heart of Puebla, Mexico, where cobbled streets echo with the tolling of church bells and the scent of incense drifts from old cathedrals, there once stood a secluded convent. Its stone walls, cloaked in ivy and silence, had seen centuries pass, wars, processions, earthquakes, and prayers whispered through
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