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The Wax-Maidens story

Two wax maidens resting beneath a tree in a Zambian folktale, admired by a young farmer.

The Wax-Maidens: A Zambian Folktale of Beauty and Fragility

In a quiet Zambian village, deep within the forest, lived the wife of a hunter who possessed a rare and gifted hand. With clay, tree gum, and beeswax, she shaped lifelike dolls that delighted the children of her village. Each rainy season, her husband gathered honeycombs, storing honey in earthen pots, while she carefully collected the wax to craft her

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