The Girl Who Married a Lion: A Folktale from the Asir Mountains
Nestled deep within the rugged, mist-touched mountains of the Asir region, there once lived a young woman named Dalal, renowned across neighboring villages for her beauty. Her eyes were dark and bright like polished obsidian, her hair long and flowing like a raven’s plume, and her presence carried an elegance that made many pause in admiration. Yet her beauty, often
