October is Italian American Heritage Month and we’re celebrating by talking about some Italian folklore and legends. Italian American Heritage Month honors the accomplishments and achievements of Italian immigrants and their descendants living in the United States. Don’t worry, we are definitely not celebrating Christopher Columbus this month.
No trigger warnings. We’ll be talking about supernatural occurrences, cryptids/folklore creatures, and religious stories/figures.
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