Hamlet's Mill – 𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐒 ֎ 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈

The “Hamlet's Mill”: the archaic language of myth and the structure of time

Published on: May 30, 2021 Last updated on: May 30, 2021 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Anthropology, Astrotheology, Extracts, Mito, Characters, History of Religions

On May 30, 1902 Giorgio De Santillana was born in Rome, author together with the German scholar Hertha von Dechend of the basic work of modern astrotheology: "Hamlet's mill: an essay on the myth and structure of time", published at the end of the years Sixty. For the occasion, we report the introduction in its entirety.

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Pinocchio in Scandinavia: the roots of the fable in the Kalevala and in the Edda

Published on: March 24 2019 Last updated on: November 24, 2020 Written by: Pier Vittorio Formichetti Categorized into: folklore, Italian Literature, Mito

Everyone knows "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by the Florentine writer Carlo Collodi; but many are unaware that he used archetypes, episodes and scenes to write him drawn from the legendary and fabulous heritage of Northern Europe.

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