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Sourced using AINineteenth-century tradition; discussed in modern Japanese folklore and wartime culture · Japan; associated with military and urban folklore
Read record →Sourced using AI1966 · Bebedouro, São Paulo State
Read record →Sourced using AI2022–2024 · Kathmandu
Read record →Sourced using AI1954 · Zürich
Read record →Sourced using AI1960 · Brazil
Read record →Sourced using AI1997 · Brasília, Federal District
Read record →Sourced using AI1975 · Keflavík, Iceland
Read record →Sourced using AI1180 · Europe; exact locality disputed across citations
Read record →Sourced using AIMissionary journey 1683–1688; published 1692 · Kingdom of Kongo and adjacent Central African regions
Read record →Sourced using AI1990s–2000s circulation · Costa Rica; exact road to be established
Read record →Sourced using AI1990 · Spa, Liège Province
Read record →Sourced using AI1995 · Northern Norway
Read record →Sourced using AI1965 · Bedok, Singapore
Read record →Sourced using AIBefore 1900 · Brunei and northern Borneo
Read record →Sourced using AINineteenth-century maritime reports and retellings · Cape of Good Hope and routes toward the Red Sea / Indian Ocean
Read record →Sourced using AI1960 · Shanghai region, China
Read record →Sourced using AI1967 · Malmö, Skåne
Read record →Sourced using AI1997 · Wisconsin, especially southeastern Wisconsin
Read record →Sourced using AI1990–2009 · Italy, including Adriatic, Tyrrhenian and Mediterranean regions
Read record →Sourced using AI2010 onward · Australia
Read record →Sourced using AI20 March 1995 · Tokyo subway system
Read record →Sourced using AI1826; later folklore and commemorations · Campbelltown, New South Wales
Read record →Sourced using AI1900–1946 · Sebou River region
Read record →Sourced using AI1947–1969 · Varanasi and other North Indian ashrams
Read record →Sourced using AI2012–2016, date to verify · Cebu / Mactan-Cebu International Airport
Read record →Sourced using AILong-duration tradition; modern folkloric documentation · Honduras and neighboring Central American regions
Read record →Sourced using AI1869 · Trinidad
Read record →Sourced using AI1984 · Säntis/Appenzell region, Switzerland
Read record →Sourced using AI2022 onward · United Kingdom and Ireland
Read record →Sourced using AI1885 Burton translation; Arabian Nights tale · Persia, Yemen, and other legendary courts in the tale
Read record →Sourced using AI1971 · São José dos Pinhais, Paraná
Read record →Sourced using AI1897 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Read record →Sourced using AI1919 · Astrakhan and northern Caspian
Read record →Sourced using AI1954 · Morocco, especially Casablanca and other urban areas
Read record →Sourced using AI1918 · New South Wales and other Australian states
Read record →Sourced using AI2023 onward · United States, locations not publicly specified
Read record →Sourced using AI1590 · Peru and Spanish America; comparative New World material
Read record →Sourced using AI1992–1996 reports · Rosario, Santa Fe
Read record →Sourced using AILate sixth century · Gaul, especially the region of Tours
Read record →Sourced using AI1989 · Rostov-on-Don and Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR
Read record →Sourced using AI1978 · Punta del Este, Maldonado
Read record →Sourced using AI2022 onward · Tashkent region
Read record →Sourced using AI1950s–1960s · Andean-Amazonian transition zones
Read record →Sourced using AI1978–1979 · Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province
Read record →Sourced using AI2008 · Liège province
Read record →Sourced using AIZuni oral tradition recorded in 19th–20th-century sources · Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico; mythic underworld worlds
Read record →Sourced using AIProbably Gupta period, 4th–5th century CE · Mehrauli, Delhi, India
Read record →Sourced using AI1977 · Lake Huron and southeastern Michigan
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