The Tale of the Golden Snail – Illustrated

This is a page taken from the Tale of the Golden Snail. Although the tale relates the debunking of the myth that there was such a thing as a solid gold snail, the festival of the Golden Snail or the Fiesta Del Caracol Dorado is still held in some remote regions to this day. This is surely evidence of the power that this kind of folklore can maintain in some communities.