Friulian mythology
p. 43 non-crucifixion
according to the Muslim-s |
"Judas Iscariot whom the Jews crucified thinking he was Jesus" |
according to the Friulian |
"it is not true that Christ was crucified, but rather it was Simon of Cyrene" |
the cheese and the worms
Friulian (pp. 53 & 58) |
"in the beginning this world was nothing, and ... |
it was thrashed by the water of the sea like foam, and |
it curdled like a cheese, from which later |
great multitudes of worms were born, and these worms became men ..." |
Kalmuck (p. 58) |
"at the beginning ..., |
the waters of the sea were covered by a solid layer, |
similar to that which forms on milk, from which |
plants, animals, men, and gods issued." |
{cf. "churning of the Sea of Milk" in the Skanda Puran.a}
p. 53 [Friulian] "worms appeared it it, and these were the angels": contrary to [Dante: Divine Comedy, Purgatory 10:125] caterpillars "born to produce the angelic butterfly"
p. 72 the 7 souls
intellect |
memory |
will |
thought |
belief |
faith |
hope |
{this is Muslim}
p. 72 the 2 spirits: "our heart has two parts,"
one dark and |
the other bright |
"in the dark one there is the evil spirit, and |
in the bright one the good spirit." |
{cf. Zulu 2 spirits (one evil, one good) in each person}
p. 105 the [5] elements
deity |
element |
"God is" |
"Fire" |
"the Father is |
air; |
the Son is |
earth, and |
the Holy Spirit is |
water." |
"those spirits that are in the air fight among themselves, and that |
the lightning flashes are their anger." |
p. 107 [according to the Muslims, not to the Friulian] the 7 skies
# |
its composition |
1st |
"green water" |
2nd |
"clear water" |
3rd |
emeralds |
4th |
"purest gold" |
5th |
hyacinth |
6th |
"a shining cloud" |
7th |
"the splendor of fire" {cf. Zohar "splendor"} |
[according to Scolio in the Lucchese country,] "God ... is
an androgynous divinity, a "donnhoma" with "its hands open and fingers raised."
From every finger, symbolizing one of the Ten Commandments, a river gushes forth" (p. 116):
p. |
# |
its composition |
116 |
1st |
honey |
|
2nd |
"liquid sugar" |
|
3rd |
ambrosia |
|
4th |
nectar |
117 |
5th |
manna |
|
6th |
"bread that ... causes the dead to return" |
|
7th |
"precious waters" |
|
8th |
butter [melted?] |
|
9th |
"Partridges" [? their liquid eggs] |
|
10th |
milk |
Carlo Ginzburg (translated from the Italian by John & Anne Tedeschi): The Cheese and the Worms. The John Hopkins U. Pr, Baltimore, 1980.