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Parchment-style illustration of the Chickcharney near workers on Andros Island, Bahamian folktale scene.

The Chickcharney: Bahamian Folktale

On Andros Island in the Bahamas, where pine forests stretch wide and shallow creeks cut through limestone earth, the Chickcharney was spoken of in cautious tones. It was not a creature people sought, nor one they wished to anger. It belonged to the old world of the island, a world shaped by labor, belief, and unseen forces that watched quietly

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