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  2. Folklore of Italy - Wikipedia

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    The Italian folk revival was accelerating by 1966, when the Istituto Ernesto de Martino was founded by Gianni Bosio in Milan to document Italian oral culture and traditional music. Today, Italy's folk music is often divided into several spheres of geographic influence, a classification system proposed by Alan Lomax in 1956 and often repeated since.

  3. Italian Folktales - Wikipedia

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    Italian Folktales (Fiabe italiane) is a collection of 200 Italian folktales published in 1956 by Italo Calvino. Calvino began the project in 1954, influenced by Vladimir Propp 's Morphology of the Folktale ; his intention was to emulate the Straparola in producing a popular collection of Italian fairy tales for the general reader. [ 1 ]

  4. Category:Italian words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves. As such almost all article titles should be italicized (with Template:Italic title). Please keep this category purged of everything that is not actually an article about a word or phrase. See as example Category:English words.

  5. Mythology of Italy - Wikipedia

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    Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans.One of a wide variety of genres of Roman folklore, Roman mythology may also refer to the modern study of these representations, and to the subject matter as represented in the literature and art of other cultures in any period.

  6. Italian profanity - Wikipedia

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    The Italian language is a language with a large set of inflammatory terms and phrases, almost all of which originate from the several dialects and languages of Italy, such as the Tuscan dialect, which had a very strong influence in modern standard Italian, and is widely known to be based on Florentine language. [1]

  7. Scaramouche - Wikipedia

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    Scaramouche is one of the great characters in the Punch and Judy puppet shows with roots in commedia dell'arte. In some scenarios, he is the owner of The Dog, another stock character. During performances, Punch frequently strikes Scaramouche, causing his head to come off his shoulders.

  8. 125 Italian Boy Names and Their Meanings for Your ... - AOL

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    25. Aldo. While this means “old and wise,” it makes a great name for any boy. 26. Carlo. Keep your Italian heritage alive with this name that translates to “free man.”

  9. List of city nicknames in Italy - Wikipedia

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    Firenze: la culla del Rinascimento (the cradle of the Renaissance) / l'Atene d'Italia (the Italian Athens) / la gentile (the kind) Genova: la dominante (the dominant), la superba (the superb). Giugliano in Campania: la città della mela annurca (the city of annurca apples) / La città della fiaba (the city of fairtale)