In Memory of Overcoming the Enemy
The Southern Italian Folk Tradition of the ‘One Hundred Crosses’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8934992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Liberata Luciani (0000-0003-2073-6720, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 128 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 133-156 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.2016.1264555 |
| OpenAlex | W2615350181 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article focuses on a cross-cultural folk practice which is based on a textual charm and referred to as Cento Croci (One Hundred Crosses). By comparing and contrasting three separate versions from three different southern Italian regions, this article demonstrates that the Cento Croci tradition is used to address a universal and enduring safety need by memorializing the defeat of an enemy in a past event which can be traced back to the Crusades. This reason for the practice of the Cento Croci tradition is unaltered by cultural variations which are characteristically superficial
Adversary · Art · Literature · African history and culture analysis · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |