"at the so-called Curtigghiu of the seven Fates [courtyard of the seven Fate] near the ancient monastery of St. Clare, were out of seven women, all more beautiful than the other, leading him some man and a woman, which did see things never seen before: dancing, sounds and banquets. It took them well over the sea, far away, and walk on them faceano 'water without it dry. Every night they repeated this morning and disappeared without a trace of self "
(Giuseppe Pitre, Customs, beliefs and prejudices of the Sicilian people) In Sicilian folk tales and beliefs in these figures, also called Women Locu, woman by night, Patruno home, contains features that belong both to do that witch, that embody the union of forces in the Western mind have always been regarded as separate and opposed. They have a predilection for the care of the house and children, in respect of which are full of attention and respect. In some areas of Sicily, the so-called TRIZZI woman are 'inextricable trecciuole' these women to procure child stroking his hair and singing a lullaby: it is the sign of their protection and benevolence. Protecting the hearth, curators, matrons, as guarantors of good fortune or misfortune, depending on the situation look like taking animals, wind or become, or are invisible presences at times cheeky and funny, as in do not see these features strong affinity with all those figures women described in mythology in the Mediterranean area and northern Europe? In the women off Sicilian converging elements of Celtic culture, pre-Greek and Greek are the legacy of an ancient cult dedicated to the Great Goddess, are on a mythical and magical bond between the woman with the great forces of nature, the chest inviolate of ancient wisdom. Preserving our imaginary figure women outside, we guarantee our work with the strength of this bond land, the possibility, through dance, song and music, to reconcile conflicting aspects, and to balance respect for differences. 
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