Myths and legends | Sardinia Island
Sardinia still remains a secret land, despite the fact that we have written and documented many more known aspects over the years. In fact, we talked about its naturalistic beauties, the most beautiful beaches, nuraghi, museums, food and wine, various water sports and much more. But despite this, Sardinia is always a land covered with enigmas, a mysterious island that hides myths and legends that have been handed down from antiquity.
The history of su Coccu (Amulet)
Su coccu, ancient Sardinian amulet, is used to protect from the evil eye. It takes on different names like Sabegia or Pinnadellu. Despite this, its function is identical in every part of Sardinia, the stone absorbs the negative influences.
DOMUS DE JANAS
Domus de janas buildings are evidences of the Sardinian ancient civilization; a culture living in close quarters with Nature.
The folkloristic imaginary worked for century about this kind of building craved from the rocks and spread in the whole Sardinia, drawing legends still fascinating. The
Sa meighina de s’oju
Sa meighina de s’oju is a Sardinian folk medicine, which has spanned the centuries unscathed, from generation to generation, has survived the hostilities of the Church and official medicine and is still in use today despite progress, skepticism and globalization.
A severe headache, a general malaise or a whole series of misadventures, more or less serious, can be caused by a colpadura de oju, by the evil eye. What to do?
An ancient bond
An ancient bond … This ancient bond is still alive under the ashes of time and progress and has come to us in the form of concrete objects or in words repeated from generation to generation. The first are those visual symbols which, scattered throughout the region, characterize our landscape.
S’Accabadora
The figure of the accabadora represents one of the most obscure and controversial aspects of the immense patrimony of popular traditions of Sardinia. With this term, derived in all probability from the Spanish acabar (finish), we designate a mostly elderly woman (although sporadically we refer to a male figure, s’accabadore), to whom was reserved the task of intervening on the hopeless dying men , to put an end to their continuing agonies.
S'argia
If we talk about the Alza or Argia we must explore the darkness. It looks like a spider (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus) that hides in its sunny countryside in summer, when it bites it causes pain and has toxic effects on the nerves.
ATLANTIDE
An ancient bond … This ancient bond is still alive under the ashes of time and progress and has come to us in the form of concrete objects or in words repeated from generation to generation. The first are those visual symbols which, scattered throughout the region, characterize our landscape.
The legend of the dance of the dead
The figure of the accabadora represents one of the most obscure and controversial aspects of the immense patrimony of popular traditions of Sardinia. With this term, derived in all probability from the Spanish acabar (finish), we designate a mostly elderly woman (although sporadically we refer to a male figure, s’accabadore), to whom was reserved the task of intervening on the hopeless dying men , to put an end to their continuing agonies.
The Necropolises in Sardinia: from north to south of the island the signs of an ancient civilisation
A holiday in Sardinia, especially in the low season, does not just mean sea and nature, it also means immersing yourself in the traditions and thousand-year history of an area. There are many archaeological areas that can be visited, many are unique places in the entire Mediterranean area, necropolises of incredible beauty full of mystery and history.