The tradition of Segnature: underground indigenous practices in Italy

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dc.contributor.authorPuca, Angela
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-08T14:53:02Z
dc.date.available2021-10-08T14:53:02Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionJoint JISASR-JBASR Special Issueen
dc.description.abstractFrom the Janare in Campania to the Masche in Piemonte, the Italian regions have a long history of local healers and folk witches, also known as Segnatori. Shrouded in folklore and secrecy, these traditions are still alive and practised across the country, especially in the countryside. Data collected during two years of fieldwork between 2016 and 2018 suggest that the sole way to engage with these local healers is through either being part of the community or their family. There is also a firm reticence on the part of the witches and their community members to talk about the practice and the rituals involved. By analysing how folk magic has been concealed within and reshaped by the boundaries dictated by the dominant religious system and the cultural framework, I will argue that this practice is ingrained in the life of local Italian communities, somehow framing the way people explain their sense of religiosity or lack thereof. The matter of an evolving syncretism – from Catholicism to Paganism - will also be addressed as a key element to confirm the resilience of such traditions. Lastly, I will analyse the significance of their enduring core for the conceptualisation of magic found in the cultural fabric.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationPuca, A. (2019) 'The tradition of Segnature: underground indigenous practices in Italy', Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions, 7, pp. 104-124.en
dc.identifier.endpage124en
dc.identifier.issn2009-7409
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religionsen
dc.identifier.startpage104en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/12075
dc.identifier.volume7en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherISASR in association with the Study of Religions, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttps://jisasr.org/about/current-issue-volume-7-2019/
dc.rights© ISASR 2019.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectSegnatureen
dc.subjectSegnatorien
dc.subjectFolk magicen
dc.subjectItalyen
dc.subjectIndigenousen
dc.subjectShamanismen
dc.subjectMagicen
dc.subjectWitchcraften
dc.subjectContemporaryen
dc.titleThe tradition of Segnature: underground indigenous practices in Italyen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions (JISASR). Vol. 7, (2019)