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The Mystery of the Italian Sibyl

Michele Sanvico

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Description:Just as in the days of Grand Tour, visiting an old Italian city presents us with the vertigo of centuries opening up before our eyes. Mysteries are deeply rooted in the very ground of the Italian landscape and tradition. Norcia, in Central Italy, is no exception.And when the narrating voice, looking for the colourful and picturesque in this remote corner of Italy, comes across a 15th century book mentioning the enigma of the Italian Sibyl (the "Sibilla"), living beneath a secluded mountain near Norcia, he decides he has to find out if any part of truth is hidden behind the legend: he determines to ascend the Mount Sibyl, enter the dreadful cave on the top, and meet the Sibyl, the goddess sought after by generations of travellers, knights and adventurers coming from Northern Europe down to Norcia and the solitary, barren mountain range which is keeping the secret of the Sibyl and her kingdom from time immemorial.From now on, a queer, sinister journey will begin for today's Grand Tourist, on the footsteps of the great and the famous of the past centuries: Goethe, Wagner, noblemen of the Renaissance, scientists and philologists, all pursuing the magical Sibyl of Norcia across the centuries, longing for her words of prophecy, subjugating gaze and unchaste embrace.He will discover odd connections linking this Italian legend of the Sibyl with the old German tradition of Tannhäuser, the 13th-century knight who had abandoned his world and life to enter the Venusberg - according to legend, a mountain located in the vicinity of Norcia, in Italy! - to join goddess Venus in her subterranean palace. And the figure of the Sibyl, shrouded in mystery, will lead somehow through secretive bonds to another dreadful, awe-inspiring divine dweller of the wilderness: the goddess known as "Magna Mater" (the Great Mother), Cybeles, whose cult was celebrated on the pinnacle of mountains and in the most secluded caves.As the quest steps further, that man trying to unveil a secret which is as ancient as the mountains will find himself plunged into a dream of darkness and terror. The Sibyl, from under the palace where she is buried, will start calling for him, raising her ominous voice to attract him to her cavern, as she was used to do with visitors coming from far away to her kingdom. Following the clues left in Norcia by old worshippers of the monster-goddess, and retrieving the final key to the ancient riddle during a visionary, terrifying visit to the astonishing Gallery of the Maps at the Vatican Museums in Rome - where a fresco on the wall depicts the Mount Sibyl as it was many centuries ago - the inquisitive Grand Tourist will find his own way to a personal, horrific encounter with the entity living since Roman times beneath the Mount Sibyl.A novel based on a real Italian legend. An homage to the historical Grand Tour through Italy, and a tribute paid to the greatest ever Gothic horror and fiction writers: Edgar Allan Poe and Howard Phillips Lovecraft.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Mystery of the Italian Sibyl. To get started finding The Mystery of the Italian Sibyl, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2010

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Description: Just as in the days of Grand Tour, visiting an old Italian city presents us with the vertigo of centuries opening up before our eyes. Mysteries are deeply rooted in the very ground of the Italian landscape and tradition. Norcia, in Central Italy, is no exception.And when the narrating voice, looking for the colourful and picturesque in this remote corner of Italy, comes across a 15th century book mentioning the enigma of the Italian Sibyl (the "Sibilla"), living beneath a secluded mountain near Norcia, he decides he has to find out if any part of truth is hidden behind the legend: he determines to ascend the Mount Sibyl, enter the dreadful cave on the top, and meet the Sibyl, the goddess sought after by generations of travellers, knights and adventurers coming from Northern Europe down to Norcia and the solitary, barren mountain range which is keeping the secret of the Sibyl and her kingdom from time immemorial.From now on, a queer, sinister journey will begin for today's Grand Tourist, on the footsteps of the great and the famous of the past centuries: Goethe, Wagner, noblemen of the Renaissance, scientists and philologists, all pursuing the magical Sibyl of Norcia across the centuries, longing for her words of prophecy, subjugating gaze and unchaste embrace.He will discover odd connections linking this Italian legend of the Sibyl with the old German tradition of Tannhäuser, the 13th-century knight who had abandoned his world and life to enter the Venusberg - according to legend, a mountain located in the vicinity of Norcia, in Italy! - to join goddess Venus in her subterranean palace. And the figure of the Sibyl, shrouded in mystery, will lead somehow through secretive bonds to another dreadful, awe-inspiring divine dweller of the wilderness: the goddess known as "Magna Mater" (the Great Mother), Cybeles, whose cult was celebrated on the pinnacle of mountains and in the most secluded caves.As the quest steps further, that man trying to unveil a secret which is as ancient as the mountains will find himself plunged into a dream of darkness and terror. The Sibyl, from under the palace where she is buried, will start calling for him, raising her ominous voice to attract him to her cavern, as she was used to do with visitors coming from far away to her kingdom. Following the clues left in Norcia by old worshippers of the monster-goddess, and retrieving the final key to the ancient riddle during a visionary, terrifying visit to the astonishing Gallery of the Maps at the Vatican Museums in Rome - where a fresco on the wall depicts the Mount Sibyl as it was many centuries ago - the inquisitive Grand Tourist will find his own way to a personal, horrific encounter with the entity living since Roman times beneath the Mount Sibyl.A novel based on a real Italian legend. An homage to the historical Grand Tour through Italy, and a tribute paid to the greatest ever Gothic horror and fiction writers: Edgar Allan Poe and Howard Phillips Lovecraft.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Mystery of the Italian Sibyl. To get started finding The Mystery of the Italian Sibyl, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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