Ritual healing in Arbereshe Albanian and Italian communities of Lucania, southern Italy

C.L. Quave; A. Pieroni

doi:10.1353/jfr.2005.0019

Ritual healing in Arbereshe Albanian and Italian communities of Lucania, southern Italy

C.L. Quave, A. Pieroni

Sociology of Consumption and Households

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This article describes the traditional healing and magical practices of three Arbëreshë and three Italian communities in the northern part of the Region Basilicata (Lucania), southern Italy. Data include several folk illnesses not previously discussed in the literature on south Italian nosology, such as cigli alla testa (migraine), acqua nel pipi (penile inflammation), and acqua dalla bocca (water on the mouth). In addition, the article offers comparative information onmagico-religious symbolic agents, spiritual restrictions, and the oral formulas used to invoke holy entities in these rites

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	57-97
Journal	Journal of Folklore Research
Volume	42
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/jfr.2005.0019
Publication status	Published - 2005

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