A Strasbourg Dancing Mania of 1518

In the autumn of 1518, the city of Strasbourg was consumed by a most peculiar and frightening phenomenon. A woman named Frau Troffea suddenly began to dance in the streets, obviously without any cause or provocation. Her frantic dancing continued for months, and soon others participated her in this strange spectacle. Thousands of people, it is sai

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River of Heady Desolation

A whisper travels on the breeze, a tale spun from honeyed lies and acrimonious truths. It speaks of a current, its waters glinting with the promise of ecstasy. But within its depths lurks a darkness, a deceptive lure that promises wealth at the cost of innocence. They say those who fall in its current are forever lost by the current's power, their

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