The legend of Mazapegol
Legend has it that a strange elf wanders around the woods in the Romagna area. Its name is Mazapegol.
He's as about small as a gnome, looks funny and shrewd and wears a red hat. He's not an evil elf, but he's spiteful. He tends to fall in love with young women whom he then visits at night, resting on their breast to disturb their sleep. But he also likes to plait horses' manes so that the next day farmers get furious because it takes hours to curry their beasts. The only way you can stop him is to steal the red hat that he usually forgets on the well. If you do so, he will complain and shout but he is harmless.
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