Kristijan Petrovic (Foreword) is a Croatian journalist and storyteller. For more than 30 years, he has been engaged in the study of dark folklore, the occult and the mythological, and has held many lectures throughout the country. Under the stage name The Dark Storyteller, Petrovic introduces his audiences to the world of history, anthropology, filmography, literature and urban culture.

Ema Lakinska (Introduction) is an associate researcher at the Institute of Macedonian Literature, part of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia. As an INALCO-Paris alumni and present PhD candidate, her research work focuses on Macedonian folk tales and fairy tales, as well as Slavic myths and legends.

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