Tag: Bona Goddess

"May be welcome": rites and traditions of Calendimaggio (Alfredo Cattabiani)

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On the occasion of May 1st we publish this writing by the never sufficiently remembered Alfredo Cattabiani (who among other things, ironically, was born and died in May, respectively on the 26th and 18th of the month), dedicated to ancient rites and traditions and popular on Calendimaggio. Taken from his book "Calendar".

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Fairies, witches and goddesses: "subtle nourishment" and "bone renewal"

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An analysis of some beliefs concerning the "subtle nourishment" of witches and fairy beings will lead us to the discovery of a recurring mythology through the millennia, from the archaic times of the shamanic cultures of hunters to the era of inquisitorial processes: that of the so-called "renewal of the bones ".

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