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Parchment-style artwork of Ti Fi Zoranj and her magic orange tree, Haitian folktale scene.

The Magic Orange Tree: Haitian Folktale

October 28, 2025

In the sun-drenched countryside near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, there once lived a little girl known for her kindness and her soft, singing voice. After her mother’s death, her father remarried a woman with two daughters of her own. This stepmother, proud and cruel, favored her own children while treating the poor girl like a servant. Each morning, the girl fetched water

Parchment-style artwork of El Silbón walking the Venezuelan Llanos at night, carrying his father’s bones.

El Silbón, The Whistler’s Curse: A Venezuelan Folktale That Teaches Lessons on Respect and Repentance

In the vast open plains of Venezuela, known as Los Llanos, where the grass sways like an ocean of green and the

Sepia illustration of Yacumama, the giant serpent guardian of the Amazon, emerging from stormy waters with glowing emerald eyes as villagers offer songs and gifts in reverence.

Yacumama: The Mother of Waters.

In the beginning times, when the world was younger and the rivers ran wild and untamed through the endless green expanse of

Parchment-style artwork of La Diablesse, Trinidad devil woman, luring traveler on forest path.

La Diablesse: Trinidad Folktale of the Devil Woman

In the twilight shadows of Trinidad, travelers whisper of a figure both alluring and terrifying: La Diablesse, the devil woman. Tales of

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The Magic Orange Tree