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Parchment-style illustration of the Woman of the Cave guarding a stormy Maltese coastline.

Il-Mara tal-Għar (The Woman of the Cave): A Maltese Folktale

Along the rugged coastline of Malta, where limestone cliffs rise pale and jagged above the restless Mediterranean, there lies a sea cave known only to fishermen and shepherds of the shore. Its mouth yawns darkly at the base of the cliffs, half-hidden by waves and sea foam, revealed fully only when the tide withdraws. This place is called Il-Mara tal-Għar,
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