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Breaking News! She’s Italian! This famous 30,000 year old Goddess sculpture originated in the Italian Alps

by Theresa | Jan 21, 2023 | Goddess, Recent Posts

The recent issue of Archaeology reports that this 30,000 year old Goddess sculpture found in 1908 on the banks of the Danube in what is now Willendorf, Austria and known by the name Venus of Willendorf, originated in the Italian Alps. Doing a high tech scan, a team at...

December 21: Winter Solstice—Manifesting with the Goddess Diana and the Mirror of the Moon—Theresa C. Dintino’s Abruzzo-Americana Wheel of the Year

by Theresa | Dec 18, 2022 | Goddess, More on My Books, Recent Posts, Strega and Italian-Americana

Winter solstice is a time for birthing. It is the birth of light, the birth of the sun. What do we want to birth? What do we want to pull forward from the other dimensional realms into this one? What is this? Read about why I am creating an Abruzzo-Italiana Wheel of...

Icamiabas: Amazon Warrior Women in Precontact Americas

by Theresa | Dec 8, 2022 | Goddess, More on My Books, Recent Posts, Strega and Italian-Americana

While researching the truth and myth around ancient warrior women called Amazons for my book The Amazon Pattern, I stumbled into unexpected territory —Amazon warrior women—Icamiabas—in South America. It soon became clear that I was sitting atop a huge mountain of...

August 2: Festival of Ops: Celebrating the Goddess of Abundance. Praise Her Name. — Theresa C. Dintino’s Abruzzo-Americana Wheel of the Year

by Theresa | Jul 31, 2022 | Goddess, Strega and Italian-Americana

The Goddess Ops has her roots in pre-Roman Italy. Her name is from Opis which is latin for plenty. She is often correlated with the earth and fertility, fruitfulness, riches and prosperity. She is often depicted with a crown on her head and called a Queen. Wiki tells...

May 5: Celebration of the Italian Snake Goddess Angitia — Theresa C. Dintino’s Abruzzo-Americana Wheel of the Year

by Theresa | Apr 27, 2022 | Goddess, Strega and Italian-Americana

“On the first Thursday in May the most pagan of Christian festivals takes place in Cocullo (AQ) in honor of San Domenico Abate, whose statue is carried through the village covered with live snakes; the old snake rites connected to the goddess Angitia were passed on to...