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  • 25. Cultural phenomena - Mythology of Italy #3.

    25. Cultural phenomena - Mythology of Italy #3.
    2025/07/04
    25. Cultural phenomena - Mythology of Italy #3.
    The evil eye, in Italian malocchio, is not just a part of Italian folklore but is also present in many different cultures. The evil eye is a supernatural belief in a curse brought about by a malevolent glare, usually inspired by envy. The belief in the evil eye among humans has existed since prehistory, and amulets to protect against it have been found from dating to about 5,000 years ago. It is estimated that around 40% of the world's population believes in the evil eye.
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  • 24. Etruscan mythology - Mythology of Italy #2.

    24. Etruscan mythology - Mythology of Italy #2.
    2025/07/04
    24. Etruscan mythology - Mythology of Italy #2.
    Etruscan religion comprises a set of stories, beliefs, and religious practices of the Etruscan civilization, heavily influenced by the mythology of ancient Greece, and sharing similarities with concurrent Roman mythology and religion. As the Etruscan civilization was gradually assimilated into the Roman Republic from the 4th century BC, the Etruscan religion and mythology were partially incorporated into ancient Roman culture, following the Roman tendency to absorb some of the local gods and customs of conquered lands. The first attestations of an Etruscan religion can be traced back to the Villanovan culture.
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  • 23. Mythology of Italy #1.

    23. Mythology of Italy #1.
    2025/07/04
    23. Mythology of Italy #1.
    The mythologies in present-day Italy encompass the mythology of the Romans, Etruscans, and other peoples living in Italy, those ancient stories about divine or heroic beings that these particular cultures believed to be true and that often use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity.
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  • 22. Astronomy - Roman mythology #3.

    22. Astronomy - Roman mythology #3.
    2025/07/04
    22. Astronomy - Roman mythology #3.
    Many astronomical objects are named after Roman deities, like the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune.
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  • 21. Religion and myth - Roman mythology #2.

    21. Religion and myth - Roman mythology #2.
    2025/07/04
    21. Religion and myth - Roman mythology #2.
    Narratives of divine activity played a more important role in the system of Greek religious belief than among the Romans, for whom ritual and cultus were primary. Although Roman religion was not based on scriptures and their exegesis, priestly literature was one of the earliest written forms of Latin prose. The books (libri) and commentaries (commentarii) of the College of Pontiffs and of the augurs contained religious procedures, prayers, and rulings and opinions on points of religious law.
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  • 20. Roman mythology #1.

    20. Roman mythology #1.
    2025/07/04
    20. Roman mythology #1.
    Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans and is a form of Roman folklore. "Roman mythology" may also refer to the modern study of these representations, and to the subject matter as represented in the literature and art of other cultures in any period. Roman mythology draws from the mythology of the Italic peoples and shares mythemes with Proto-Indo-European mythology.
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  • 19. Motifs in Western art and literature - Greek mythology #11.

    19. Motifs in Western art and literature - Greek mythology #11.
    2025/07/03
    19. Motifs in Western art and literature - Greek mythology #11.
    The widespread adoption of Christianity did not curb the popularity of the myths. With the rediscovery of classical antiquity in the Renaissance, the poetry of Ovid became a major influence on the imagination of poets, dramatists, musicians and artists. From the early years of Renaissance, artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael, portrayed the Pagan subjects of Greek mythology alongside more conventional Christian themes. Through the medium of Latin and the works of Ovid, Greek myth influenced medieval and Renaissance poets such as Petrarch, Boccaccio and Dante in Italy.
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  • 18. Modern interpretations - Greek mythology #10.

    18. Modern interpretations - Greek mythology #10.
    2025/07/03
    18. Modern interpretations - Greek mythology #10.
    The genesis of modern understanding of Greek mythology is regarded by some scholars as a double reaction at the end of the eighteenth century against "the traditional attitude of Christian animosity", in which the Christian reinterpretation of myth as a "lie" or fable had been retained. In Germany, by about 1795, there was a growing interest in Homer and Greek mythology. In Göttingen, Johann Matthias Gesner began to revive Greek studies, while his successor, Christian Gottlob Heyne, worked with Johann Joachim Winckelmann, and laid the foundations for mythological research both in Germany and elsewhere.  About 100 years later the interest for Greek mythology was still alive when Hermann Steuding published his book Griechische und römische Götter- und Heldensage in 1897.
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