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La Befana

Postby Asso » Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:52 am

I want to say to you all something.
You know tomorrow is Epiphany, a Christian feast intended to celebrate the "shining forth" or revelation of God to mankind in human form, in the person of Jesus.
In Rome, ( blending the sacred and the profane, how it often happens) "Epiphania" was transformed into Befana, the great fair held at that season, when sigillaria of terracotta or baked pastry were sold.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Befana

Well, in Italy wy say this feast is the true feast of women.
Obviously, we are joking, considering that Befana appears as a HAG! :badgrin:

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Anyway, I want to send my best wishes to all Christians who are believers, but... :D also to all women! (No offence!)
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Re: La Befana

Postby Distracted » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:49 am

What a truly interesting combination of Christian and pagan symbolism. Kinda like St. Nicholas became Santa Claus. I've never heard of "Befana", although I've heard of the Epiphany, of course. Where I'm from we celebrate the arrival of the three magi this Sunday. How do your people get the three kings into all this, or are they not involved?

Here's an interesting link I found with Befana in it, complete with a recipe for King Cake. It's got EVERYBODY's Epiphany traditions in it, I think. 8)

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Postby enterprikayak » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:27 am

¡HAPPY BEFANA!
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Re: La Befana

Postby Asso » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:36 pm

Distracted wrote: How do your people get the three kings into all this, or are they not involved?


The three kings are not involved, but a legend exists.

According to the popular story, the Three Kings, directed to Bethlehem to carry the gifts to Jesus, incapable of finding the way, asked for an old woman. Despite their persistence thet she followed them to visit the child, the woman didn't go out of her house, to accompany them.
Later, she regretted because she didn't follow them. So, she get ready a sac of candies, and goes out of her house, to look for them, without managing to do. So she began to stop at every house she found along the walk, giving the children she was meeting candies, with hope that one of them was Jesus. And so, she yet would turn the world, doing gifts to all children, for pardon.
Well yes. I continue to write. And on Fanfiction.Net, for those who want, it is possible to cast a glance at my latest efforts. We arrived to
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And here is the beginning of the whole story.
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Re: La Befana

Postby Distracted » Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:34 pm

Ah. What a nice legend. :D
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Re: La Befana

Postby Asso » Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:37 pm

Yes, it's... :) sweet!
Well yes. I continue to write. And on Fanfiction.Net, for those who want, it is possible to cast a glance at my latest efforts. We arrived to
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And here is the beginning of the whole story.
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Re: La Befana

Postby Linda » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:44 pm

Thanks for your explanation of La Befana, Asso! As for the representation of the hag, among modern Pagans she is the Crone Goddess, the wise old women who has lived through the stages of maiden and mother, so has experienced all the stages of womanhood. She is the healer, the advisor, the loving grandmother.
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Re: La Befana

Postby Asso » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:57 pm

Yes, you are right.
It's strange how a so great deal of perceptions, different and far the one from the other, can be blended in the evolving of the human path.
Well yes. I continue to write. And on Fanfiction.Net, for those who want, it is possible to cast a glance at my latest efforts. We arrived to
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And here is the beginning of the whole story.
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Re: La Befana

Postby Linda » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:18 pm

IDIC is alive and well on earth! :D Different interpretations make life more intersting!
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Re: La Befana

Postby justTripn » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:30 pm

I want to be a Crone Goddess. Well, it's something to aspire to . . .
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Re: La Befana

Postby Linda » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:14 pm

You are already, JT! So is every woman (and every man) part of what is sacred. Thou art Goddess, JT!
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Re: La Befana

Postby Asso » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:11 pm

Linda wrote:IDIC is alive and well on earth! :D Different interpretations make life more intersting!


Yeah!
I think Vulcans invented nothing! :lol:

And regardinf your aspiration, JT, well ... there are a lot of kinds of crones.
Choose your, please!

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In any case, please... be careful!

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Well yes. I continue to write. And on Fanfiction.Net, for those who want, it is possible to cast a glance at my latest efforts. We arrived to
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And here is the beginning of the whole story.
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Re: La Befana

Postby Linda » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:16 pm

I love that 'don't drink and fly' picture! :lol:
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Re: La Befana

Postby justTripn » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:30 pm

LOL! I want to be one of the ones that doesn't crash into the tree.
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Re: La Befana

Postby evcake » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:39 am

A complete canard. A well-trained broom knows it's way home. :D

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