The Star Wife

A young warrior, hunting where he has never been before, comes upon a worn circle in the grass — and from the sky descends a basket of dancing women, one of them lovelier than all the rest. He loses his heart in an instant, but winning her, and keeping her, will ask far more of him than cunning. This is a tale of love that reaches between the Earth and the stars, and of what a person will give up to be with the one they love.

A traditional tale from the Sioux people of North America.

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