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La Befana: The Italian Witch Who Still Hasn’t Found Bethlehem

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The Dancing Plague of 1518: Strasbourg’s Deadly Dance

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Hans Trapp: The Alsace Christmas Scarecrow Demon

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Grýla and the Yule Lads

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Changeling: The Fairy Child-Swap Legend That Turned Deadly

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Moroi: Romania’s Living Vampire and How It Differs From Strigoi

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The Yule Cat: Iceland’s Christmas Monster That Eats the Underdressed

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The Green Children of Woolpit: England’s Strangest Medieval Record

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Spring-Heeled Jack: The Fire-Breathing Terror of Victorian London

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Mari Lwyd: The Horse Skull That Sings at Welsh Doors

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