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A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck. Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons are examples, as are small objects given as gifts, due to the favorable associations they make. Many souvenir shops have a range of tiny items that may be used as good luck charms.
A silver cornicello charm. A cornicello (Italian pronunciation: [korniˈtʃɛllo]), cornetto (Italian for 'little horn' / 'hornlet'; ), corno (Italian for 'horn"'), or corno portafortuna (Italian for 'horn that brings luck') is an Italian amulet or talisman worn to protect against the evil eye (or malocchio [maˈlɔkkjo] in Italian) and bad luck in general, and, historically, to promote ...
The aviator Matilde Moisant wearing a swastika square medallion in 1912. The symbol was popular as a good luck charm with early aviators. The discovery of the Indo-European language group in the 1790s led to a great effort by European archaeologists to link the pre-history of European people to the hypothesised ancient "Aryans" (variously referring to the Indo-Iranians or the Proto-Indo ...
Author Raven Grimassi in his book The Cimaruta: And Other Magical Charms From Old Italy (2012) discusses the charm as a sign of membership in the "Society of Diana" which he refers to as an organization of witches. Grimassi argues that the Cimaruta was originally a witchcraft charm used by witches that was later arrogated by Italian Folk Magic ...
Orders, decorations, and medals of Italy (4 C, 5 P) V. ... Pages in category "National symbols of Italy" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
The allegorical representation with the towers, which draws its origins from ancient Rome, is typical of Italian civic heraldry, so much so that the wall crown is also the symbol of the cities of Italy. Italia turrita, which is one of the national symbols of Italy, has been widely depicted for centuries in the fields of art, politics and ...
Barbana, Italy: Pope Pius IX Madonna del Rosario di Piansano [101] 4 October 1863 Piansano: Pope Pius IX Madonna della Apparizione 11 October 1863 Pellestrina: Pope Pius IX Maria Santissima Consolatrice degli Afflitti 8 March 1865 Santa Maria del Suffragio, Rome: Pope Pius IX Madre del Perpetuo Soccorso: 23 June 1867: Sant'Alfonso di Liguori ...
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