Friulian mythology

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*
1^st	"green water"
2^nd	"clear water"
3^rd	emeralds
4^th	"purest gold"
5^th	hyacinth
6^th	"a shining cloud"
7^th	"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	1^st	honey
	2^nd	"liquid sugar"
	3^rd	ambrosia
	4^th	nectar
117	5^th	manna
	6^th	"bread that ... causes the dead to return"
	7^th	"precious waters"
	8^th	butter [melted?]
	9^th	"Partridges" [? their liquid eggs]
	10^th	milk

Carlo Ginzburg (translated from the Italian by John & Anne Tedeschi): The Cheese and the Worms. The John Hopkins U. Pr, Baltimore, 1980.