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The Goddess Divine Podcast31: Fortune's Favor: Exploring the Goddess of Luck❦This week we are exploring the Roman Goddess, Fortuna! Fortuna is the ancient Roman goddess of luck, fate, and fortune. Often depicted with a cornucopia (symbolizing abundance) and a wheel (representing the cyclical nature of fate), she embodies the unpredictable forces of chance that govern human lives. Fortuna was believed to control the fortune of individuals and communities, dispensing both good and bad luck. In Roman mythology, she was seen as a capricious force, unpredictable and beyond human control, which led people to invoke her for protection and blessings in their personal and public affairs.
Fortuna's wheel symbolizes...2025-03-1619 min
Blood and BourbonEp. 32 Haunted HolidaysSources
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/23/1221454825/youve-heard-of-santa-maybe-even-krampus-but-what-about-the-child-eating-yule-cat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_cat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Christmas_folklore#Yule_Lads
https://icelandicfolklore.is/the-yule-cat/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/90949/7-superstitions-about-cats-around-world
https://quietvalley.org/belsnickel-german-christmas-brings-a-sidekick-for-santa/
https://unchartedlancaster.com/2024/12/06/the-belsnickel-a-mischievous-spirit-of-christmas-past/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Krampus
https://unchartedlancaster.com/2024/12/05/krampus-the-dark-side-of-christmas-cheer/
https://www.byerschoice.com/christmas-traditions/krampus?srsltid=AfmBOoo1in-iJDpAZPeJvsy4owRmHASIrozxG4A-vEdL3PN1LyT6OKBl
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3850590/?ref_=vp_close
https://www.t...2024-12-251h 06
SPOOK!Episode 63: Italian FolkloreOctober is Italian American Heritage Month and we’re celebrating by talking about some Italian folklore and legends. Italian American Heritage Month honors the accomplishments and achievements of Italian immigrants and their descendants living in the United States. Don’t worry, we are definitely not celebrating Christopher Columbus this month.
No trigger warnings. We’ll be talking about supernatural occurrences, cryptids/folklore creatures, and religious stories/figures.
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Email us your spooky stories @spoook.podcast@gmail.com
Sources...2024-10-0856 min
Weird ItalyThe Wild Art of Antonio LigabueAntonio Ligabue is a self-taught artist who primarily paints wild and exotic creatures. The artist used his artwork to express emotions that he couldn't articulate verbally. Childhood memories, landscapes, everyday occurrences, films, postcards, and books all become part of his iconographic legacy. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2022/06/07/the-wild-art-of-antonio-ligabue/2022-06-0904 min
Weird ItalyBorges' Mysterious Maze in VeniceThe Borges Labyrinth is a replica of the labyrinth constructed in honor of the famed Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges by English diplomat and "labyrinthologist" Randoll Coate on the picturesque island of San Giorgio in Venice. This episode is also available as a blog post: The Enigmatic Borges Maze in Venice2022-05-2601 min
Weird ItalyThe Bizarre Drawings of the Renaissance painter Amico AspertiniAmico Aspertini was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor whose complicated, eccentric, and eclectic style foreshadowed Mannerism. This episode is also available as a blog post: The Work of Amico Aspertini2022-05-2602 min
Weird ItalyThe wild wolf population in Italy is increasingThe wolf population in Italy is made up of 3,300 individuals who live in the Alps and Apennines mountain ranges. Since the Italian government began safeguarding endangered animals in the country more than four decades ago, there are more wolves in the wild than ever before. This episode is also available as a blog post: Wild population of wolves in Italy grows in size2022-05-2602 min
Dead Reflections Podcast15: Serial Killers (Recorded LIVE on Twitch)The guys dive into two stories of serial killers that hit close to home and one that made soap out of her victim's remains! OH MY!
Show Notes -
Kolby - https://allthatsinteresting.com/leonarda-cianciulli
https://www.ranker.com/list/soap-maker-leonarda-ciancuiulli/jacob-shelton
https://weirditaly.com/2013/04/25/leonarda-cianciulli-the-soapmaker-of-correggio/
Caleb -
http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/resendiz1028.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Maturino_Res%C3%A9ndiz
http://www.txexecutions.org/reports/368.asp
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/%C3...2022-05-201h 59
Weird ItalyEtymology of the word “Ciao”Ciao is the most popular informal and friendly greeting in Italian, and it may be used to say "hi" or "goodbye." This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2022/05/15/etymology-of-the-word-ciao/2022-05-1502 min
Weird ItalyThe Anatomical Machines of the Prince of Sansevero in ItalyThe anatomical machines, which are on display in Naples' Cappella Sansevero, are two anatomical models that reproduce the human circulatory system. In the second half of the 18th century, they were constructed from a male and female human skeleton. MORE: The Bizarre Anatomical Machines of the Prince of Sansevero2022-05-0603 min
Weird ItalyThe Luigi Broglio Space Center in KenyaThe Luigi Broglio space facility in Malindi, Kenya, is an Italian space center maintained by the Italian Space Agency outside of the national territory.
It's a good location for launch activities and ground-based satellite monitoring because of its equatorial location on the Indian Ocean coast. MORE: The Italian Space Center in Kenya2022-05-0302 min
Weird ItalyLucian of Samosata's 'A True Story': The first science fiction novelLucian of Samosata's A True Story is the first known work of science fiction. The novel is a satire and the first known work of fiction to incorporate interplanetary warfare, space travel, and extraterrestrial lifeforms. However, the work defies genre conventions by including sarcastic, mythological, and fantastic aspects. Read more: A True Story by Lucian of Samosata, the earliest example of Science Fiction in Literature2022-04-301h 11
Weird ItalyThe genetic profile of the ancient RomansThe DNA of the Romans has changed over time following the evolution of the historical phases that have marked the life and growth of the city.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2022/01/13/the-genetic-profile-of-the-ancient-romans/2022-01-1304 min
Weird ItalyThe Benandanti: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults between 16th and 17th centuries in ItalyA trial for heresy of two peasants reveals a pagan-shamanic peasant cult based on the fertility of the land widespread in Friuli, northern Italy, around the 16th-17th centuries. The Benandanti was an agrarian cult with shamanic characteristics that gradually transformed under the pressure of the inquisitors to assume the features of traditional witchcraft.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2022/01/10/the-benandanti-witchcraft-and-agrarian-cults-between-16th-and-17th-centuries-in-italy/2022-01-1036 min
Weird ItalyThe Complex Cosmogony of a Sixteenth-Century Italian MillerOn September 28, 1583, Menocchio, an Italian miller, was denounced to the Holy Office on the charge of having uttered and attempted to spread “heretical and impious” words about Christ. The trial brings to light the complex cosmogony and worldview of a miller who stunned the inquisitors.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2021/12/29/the-cosmogony-of-a-sixteenth-century-italian-miller/2022-01-0427 min
Weird ItalyGiovanni Bugatti, Mastro Titta, the executioner of the Papal States who executed 514 peopleHe became an executioner at the age of 17, in 1796. Bugatti noted 516 names of the executed, but two convicts are subtracted from the account, one because he was shot and the other because he was hanged and quartered by his aide.
This episode is also available as a blog post: Giovanni Bugatti, the official Papal executioner who executed 514 people (weirditaly.com)2022-01-0405 min
Weird ItalyThe Sator Square: SATOR, AREPO, TENET, OPERA, ROTASThe Sator Square has been the subject of frequent archaeological discoveries, both in stone epigraphs and in graffiti, but the sense and the symbolic meaning still remain obscure, despite the numerous hypotheses formulated.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2021/11/02/the-enigma-of-the-sator-square/2022-01-0416 min
Weird ItalyThe Curious Story of the Nemi Ships built by CaligulaThe Nemi ships had been built by Emperor Caligula, in honor of the Egyptian goddess Isis and Diana, goddess of wild animals and the hunt.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2021/10/31/the-bizarre-story-of-the-nemi-ships-built-by-caligula/2022-01-0308 min
Weird ItalyThe bizarre story of the Chronovisor, a "Time Machine" Allegedly Invented by the Italian Monk and Exorcist Pellegrino ErnettiThe chronovisor (or chronoscope) is allegedly a functional time viewer, an hypothetical device capable of capturing and reproducing images and sounds from the past
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2021/10/10/the-chronovisor-a-time-machine-allegedly-invented-by-the-italian-monk-and-exorcist-pellegrino-ernetti/2022-01-0306 min
Weird ItalyThe bizarre history of the Republic of Rose Island, a micronation on a man-made platform off the coast of ItalyThe Republic of Rose Island was the name given to an artificial platform of 400 m² that stood in the Adriatic Sea outside Italian territorial waters, designed by engineer Giorgio Rosa in 1958 and completed in 1967.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2021/08/06/the-curious-history-of-the-republic-of-rose-island-a-micronation-on-a-man-made-platform-off-the-coast-of-italy/2022-01-0305 min
Weird ItalyThe Mithraeum of San Clemente in Rome: an underground temple devoted to MithrasThe Mithraeum is a building from the Roman imperial period buried several meters below the Basilica of San Clemente del Laterano in Rome, located between the Esquiline and Caelian hills, in the extension of the Colosseum and the Ludus Magnus.
The article originally appeared on https://weirditaly.com/2021/05/08/the-mithraeum-of-san-clemente-in-rome-an-underground-temple-devoted-to-mithras/2022-01-0304 min
Weird ItalyThe Origins of the Story of Romeo and JulietThe story of Romeo and Juliet is told in Historia novellamente ritrovata di due nobili amanti, written between 1512 and 1524.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2021/04/18/the-origins-of-the-story-of-romeo-and-juliet/2022-01-0302 min
Weird ItalyThe Bizarre Festival of the Snake-Catchers in ItalyThe festival of the snake-catchers involves a procession carrying the statue of St. Dominic, draped with living snakes, through the streets of Cocullo, Italy.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2021/04/13/the-festival-of-the-snake-catchers-in-italy/2022-01-0302 min
Weird ItalyCodex Seraphinianus, the Bizarre Encyclopedia by Luigi SerafiniThe book is composed by 360 pages and it’s written in a cipher alphabet in an imaginary language.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2016/04/30/codex-seraphinianus-surreal-encyclopedia-luigi-serafini/2022-01-0211 min
Weird ItalyThe legendary sword in the stone of San GalganoThe sword in the stone: San Galgano Abbey in Tuscany
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2014/06/03/the-sword-in-the-stone-san-galgano-abbey-in-tuscany/2022-01-0202 min
Weird ItalyThe Royal Palace of CasertaThe Royal Palace of Caserta was the largest palace in Europe and a perfect example of Baroque art style.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2014/05/31/royal-palace-of-caserta/2022-01-0204 min
Weird ItalyCastel del Monte, the Fortress of MysteriesCastel del Monte was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO as “a unique masterpiece of medieval military architecture”.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2014/02/25/castel-del-monte-the-fortress-of-the-mysteries/2022-01-0214 min
Weird ItalyThe submerged Belltower of CuronThe pleasant village of Graun, in Italian Curon Venosta, is located in the heart of the tourist region Val Venosta, not far from the border with Switzerland and Austria.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2013/04/13/surreal-places-the-old-bell-tower-of-submerged-curon/2022-01-0204 min
Weird ItalyChrist of the Abyss, a submerged bronze statue of Jesus in ItalyThe statue was born from an idea by Duilio Marcante following the death of Dario Gonzatti, one of the pioneers of scuba diving, during a dive in 1950.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2013/04/08/christ-of-the-abyss/2022-01-0201 min
Weird ItalyThe story of Leonarda Cianciulli, the woman who turned the bodies of her victims into soapLeonarda Cianciulli, the Soapmaker of Correggio
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2013/04/25/leonarda-cianciulli-the-soapmaker-of-correggio/2022-01-0204 min
Weird ItalyThe story of Giovanni Aldini: the scientist who inspired Frankenstein's storyGiovanni Aldini was an Italian physicist born at Bologna, nephew of Luigi Galvani, and he became a professor of physics at Bologna in 1798.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2013/03/18/giovanni-aldini-reanimator/2022-01-0203 min
Weird ItalyThe story of Ugolino, the Cannibal CountIn Dante’s Inferno (Canto XXXIII, the level of hell where the traitors were punished) he has been described eating the skull of Ruggeri Archbishop, the man who condemned him to die for starving in Muda Tower.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2013/03/26/ugolino-the-cannibal-count/2022-01-0203 min
Weird ItalyWhat is everybody’s natural language? The cruel experiment in language deprivation of Frederick IIThroughout history were conducted experiments involving language deprivation trying to discover the origin of language.
The article was originally published on https://weirditaly.com/2013/03/04/which-is-the-natural-language-the-cruel-experiment-in-language-deprivation-of-frederick-ii/2022-01-0201 min
Weird ItalyThe museum of the mummies of FerentilloThe Museum of mummies is a museum located in Ferentillo that exhibits the ancient mummies of the inhabitants of the town.
The article originally appeared on https://weirditaly.com/2013/02/13/creepy-ferentillo-mummies/2022-01-0202 min
Murder DictionaryRock and Roll: The Beasts of SatanThis episode we talk about the Italian band Beasts of Satan, who formed a cult that killed 3 of their members, & forced a 4th to commit suicide. WARNING: This episode includes content that some may find disturbing. If you would prefer to not hear about these details, please skip from 15:05 – 17:20 & 26:00 – 28:00. This episode has been edited by Jimmy White. To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast Please rate, review, subscribe & follow us on Instagra...2017-09-071h 20