The Butchered Man is a medieval folktale from Ispanthia. More recently, a version of it appeared in Christopher Buehlman’s novel The Daughters’ War. This is a retelling in my own words. The Fable A family was driving a wagon through the woods on a dark night. There was a father, a mother, their three children,… The post The Butchered Man Folktale appeared first on Word & Sorcery.