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**SARDINIAN FOLK TALES**
Sardinian lore is full of strange and sometimes funny creatures. From religion to paganism, history to superstition, I'll talk a little about the most famous ones. #SardinianFolklore #folklore #Sardinia
📸 S'ainu orriadore, Scano di Montiferro (OR)
Sardinian lore is full of strange and sometimes funny creatures. From religion to paganism, history to superstition, I'll talk a little about the most famous ones. #SardinianFolklore #folklore #Sardinia
📸 S'ainu orriadore, Scano di Montiferro (OR)
▪️Ammuntadore. Thought to be linked to traditional incubi/succubi (and sleep paralysis), s'Ammuntadori was a demon which used to stay over a sleeping person's chest, blocking breath. People were terrified by this creature and invented several magic formulas to protect themselves.
▪️Sùrbile/Cògas/Bruxia/Istrìa. Several names around Sardinia for the same creature: a bloodthirsty witch, kind of a vampire, who fed on newborns. It was a woman during the day and transformed at night.
New mothers has several remedies against her, starting from su kokku-
New mothers has several remedies against her, starting from su kokku-
**SANTU JUANNE in Sardinia**
Thread about the festivity of Saint John (24th of June) and summer solstice in Sardinia: divination and the ritual of "companionship". #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #SardinianFolklore #Sardinia #Sardegna San Giovanni
Thread about the festivity of Saint John (24th of June) and summer solstice in Sardinia: divination and the ritual of "companionship". #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #SardinianFolklore #Sardinia #Sardegna San Giovanni
Saint John (Santu Juanne) falls by Christian tradition on the 24th of June. It's not a casual day, in fact it's very close to the summer solstice, usually celebrated by many ancient cultures.
In Sardinia this is a very traditional festivity, which still holds clear its pagan-
In Sardinia this is a very traditional festivity, which still holds clear its pagan-
-roots. The festival is linked to fires and water. In some places (Cuglieri, Bono, for example), we have the rite of s'abba muda. Whoever wants to ask for some grace from the Saint has to go from the church to the fountain in complete silence. Once there, they drink water and-
