italy | Ritual Goddess

Neolithic Priestesses from Passo di Corvo Italy

by Theresa | Feb 2, 2023 | Goddess, Recent Posts, Strega and Italian-Americana

Digging more deeply into my spiritual lineage of Italian Strega/Janarra, I came upon this beautiful priestess or Goddess figure from the Passo di Corvo Neolithic site, dated to the 5th and 4th millennium BCE, in the province of Foggia in Southeast Italy. Passo di...

Theresa C. Dintino’s Abruzzo-Americana Wheel of the Year

by Theresa | Jan 23, 2022 | Strega and Italian-Americana

I was not born in the Abruzzo. I was born in Keene, NH, the daughter of a second generation Italian American. I am not Italian but half of my ancestors are all from the same village in the Abruzzo: Torre de’ Passeri. My journey back to the roots of my Italian lineage...

Francesco Paolo Michetti (1852-1929): Famous Artist of the Abruzzo

by Theresa | May 26, 2021 | Strega and Italian-Americana

Francesco Paolo Michetti (1852-1929) is a famous artist of the Abruzzo region of Italy. Born at Tocco da Casauria near Chieti, a large percentage of his paintings are of his native Abruzzo. His paintings of the Abruzzo also give us a great idea and understanding of...

Through the Apennines and the Lands of the Abruzzi

by Theresa | May 13, 2021 | Strega and Italian-Americana

In my research into the Abruzzo region of Italy that my family is from, for my novel The Strega and the Dreamer, I found the work of women ethnographers, folklorists and travel writers of the early 1900s to be the most helpful. Ethnography is: 1. The branch of...

The Walnut Tree of Benevento Italy

by Theresa | Feb 25, 2014 | Strega and Italian-Americana

The town of Benevento, Italy is famous for the legends of its ancient walnut tree. The Streghe danced around this tree in ritual celebration until it was deliberately cut down in 662 AD. According to Raven Grimassi’s research, the spiritual power specific to the...