Figures from folklore are often one-dimensional. But if the popularity of this particular woman tells us anything, it's that legends can sometimes become more powerful than real life people.
Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by GennaRose Nethercott, research by Cassandra de Alba, and music by Chad Lawson.
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