I wrote again!
Got kids, grandkids, or are you still a kid at heart? Cool, me too!

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Join young detective Lapo on a magical adventure through historic Florence (Tuscany / Italy)! When precious gold mysteriously disappears from the famous Ponte Vecchio, a brave boy sets out to solve the mystery and clear his friends' names.

✨ What You'll Discover:

Authentic Florentine legends brought to life
Beautiful historic settings (Ponte Vecchio, Piazza Santa Trinità)
Magical realism perfect for family listening
Values of courage, friendship, and community
Originally written in Italian, lovingly translated

📚 Stories Under The Stars Collection
Written by Lucia & Marco Ciappelli between Florence and Los Angeles
Inspired by a true Florentine legend
🌐 Read & Listen to All Our Stories:
https://www.storiesottolestelle.com/
🎧 Perfect for bedtime stories, family road trips, or quiet moments
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Suitable for ages 6+ (but magical enough for adults too!)
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Many old buildings in Europe, even churches, have carved on their walls a face made of leaves or vomiting vegetation, called a "Green Man." There's a lot of debate about how this design began or what its purpose was, but many assume it originally represented a pagan god.

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Aetites (Mineralogy 💎)

In the magical tradition of Europe and the Near East, the aetites or aetite is a stone used to promote childbirth. It is also called an eagle-stone, aquiline, or aquilaeus. The stone is said to prevent spontaneous abortion and premature delivery, while shortening labor and birth for a full-term birth. From Theophrastus onwards, the belief i...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetites

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A hand of glory is an artifact of European sorcery: the dried and pickled hand of a hanged criminal that holds a candle made from that criminal's fat. Its candlelight temporarily paralyzes everyone save the person wielding the hand. This is very useful for robberies.

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The manticore is a man-eating monster of Persian and European folklore that resembles a human-headed lion. Despite the manticore's human features, its intelligence is only that of an animal's. When it speaks, the manticore is just parroting words in a high-pitched falsetto.

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In Poland and other parts of northeastern Europe, it was believed that a child born on Christmas had a greater chance of becoming a werewolf. Various rituals were performed to make sure that any baby born at this time would not succumb to lycanthropy.

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