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The Deeper Language of Myths and Legends

The Deeper Language of Myths and Legends

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Every city has its whispered tales, restless spirits and forgotten figures that resist verification, and yet, refuse to disappear. Penang—for all its documented histories and colonial records—exists just as vividly in these half-remembered myths and community fables.
by Miriam Devaprasana
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