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“The Wicker Man”: from folklore to folk-horror

Published on: 21 September 2019 Last updated on: November 3, 2020 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Cinema and TV, Esotericism, folklore, History of Religions

For the making of "The Wicker Man", Robin Hardy and Anthony Shaffer delved into British folklore and modeled the Beltane ceremony and its preparations on the ancient propitiatory rites of Calendimaggio and the late winter procession, centered on the ritual sacrifice of the "Fool "," King of Disorder ".

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Blood, Gens, Genius: familiar rites in ancient Rome

Published on: March 20 2017 Last updated on: October 6, 2020 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Anthropology, Esotericism, History of Religions

di Marco Maculotti
(article originally published on The hour of Air,
on February 13, 2017, and revised here)

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Enigmas of the Mediterranean: the Guanches, the 'Peoples of the Sea' and Atlantis

Published on: February 3 2016 Last updated on: December 10 2018 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Anthropology, Archeology, Mito, History, History of Religions

An attempt at classification (cultural, anthropological and genetic) of the mysterious population of the Guanches, ancient inhabitants of the Canaries, and a look at the Hellenic myths concerning the "Fortunate Islands" and the 'mythical' war against Atlantis

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