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Parchment style artwork of a goatherd meeting a star woman at dawn, Omani folktale.

The Goatherd Who Married a Star

High in the Western Hajar Mountains, where stone ridges rise into clear night skies, lived a young goatherd named Salim. His life was modest and solitary. By day he guided his goats along narrow paths and sparse grazing grounds. By night he rested among the rocks, wrapped in a wool cloak, listening to the wind and watching the stars wheel

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