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Sepia illustration of Iara, the Amazonian river mermaid, rising from the moonlit waters of the Rio Negro and Solimões as she enchants nearby fishermen with her haunting song

Iara: The Enchanting River Mermaid

October 27, 2025
In the time before memory fades into mist, along the great rivers of the Amazon where the dense jungle pressed close to the water’s edge, there lived a young woman named Iara. She was no ordinary daughter of the tribe; she was the child of the powerful shaman himself, a
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Gluskabe defeating the Stone Giant by fire, with glowing rocks forming the landscape in Wabanaki folklore

The Stone Giant and the Hero Gluskabe

October 27, 2025
In the time when the world was still young, before humans had learned the full language of the wind and the water, great beings of power walked across the earth. Some were spirits of good who shaped the mountains and guided the rivers. Others were born from greed and hunger,
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Illustration of Curupira, a forest guardian from Amazon folklore, in a lush rainforest.

Curupira:The Backward-Footed Guardian

October 27, 2025
Deep within the Amazon rainforest, where the canopy stretches like a emerald ceiling and sunlight filters through layers of leaves in scattered golden shafts, where the air hangs thick with moisture and the chorus of howler monkeys mingles with the calls of toucans and macaws, there exists a realm ruled
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Great Bear constellation chased by seven hunters from Cree mythology

The Great Bear and the Seven Hunters

October 27, 2025
Long ago, before humans counted time by the rising and setting of the sun, before the stars were named and charted, the Cree people looked up to the heavens and saw stories written in light. One of the most enduring of these tales is that of the Great Bear and
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Parchment-style illustration of the Mapinguari confronting a hunter in the Amazon rainforest.

Mapinguari: The Forest Guardian

October 27, 2025
Near Tefé, on the muddy banks of the Amazon River where the jungle pressed close and the water ran dark with secrets, there lived a man consumed by his passion for hunting. Day after day, he ventured into the green cathedral of the forest, his rifle slung over his shoulder,
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Sedna with long flowing hair surrounded by sea creatures from Inuit mythology

Sedna, Goddess of the Sea

October 27, 2025
In the frozen lands of the far north, where the wind howls across endless fields of snow and the sea glitters with cold light, the people tell of a woman whose sorrow shaped the oceans. Her name is Sedna, and she is both a goddess and a warning. Her story
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The Raven carrying the sun across the sky Pacific Northwest First Nations legend

The Raven Who Stole the Sun

October 27, 2025
In the earliest time, when the mountains were still young and the oceans lay in shadow, the world was wrapped in darkness. No light touched the rivers or the trees, and the people who lived below stumbled through endless night. Above the earth, in the Sky World, there lived a
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The Condor’s Bride

October 17, 2025
On the high plateaus of Bolivia, where the air is thin and cold as glass, a young woman named Chaska lived with her family of herders. Every morning she took her alpacas to graze, singing to them softly. One day, as she rested beside a lake, she saw a man
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