mefitis | Ritual Goddess

Mefitis, the River Melfa and the Black Madonna

by Theresa | Mar 22, 2026 | Goddess, Recent Posts, Strega and Italian-Americana

Several locations of archaeological finds of temples to the Oscan Goddess Mefitis along the Melfa river in Lazio in what is now the National Park of the Abruzzo point to Mefitis being a Goddess associated with all healing waters, not only “smelly ones” and a...

A Place of Worship for the Oscan Goddess Mefitis in the Valle d’Ansanto

by Theresa | Dec 17, 2023 | Meditations and Inspirations, More on My Books, Recent Posts, Strega and Italian-Americana, The Oscan Oracle

Valle d’Ansanto: located in Rocca San Felice, in Southern Italy still hosts an active sulfurous lake which has been a place of pilgrimage since the 7th century BCE. The Hirpini Peoples, an ancient Samnite tribe who settled the area, are known for their connection to...

Mefitis: The Oscan Goddess of the Liminal Trance State, Liminal Places and Trance Inducing Vapors

by Theresa | Nov 19, 2023 | Goddess, More on My Books, Rauri Tor, Strega and Italian-Americana, The Oscan Oracle

In wanting to learn more about the Oscan roots of my Italian spiritual lineage, my research led me to a Goddess named Mefitis (also spelled Mephitis). Because Mefitis is an Oscan word and the Oscan version is spelled that way, I will use that spelling from here...