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by Guest45402  |  earlier

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is it really bad luck if u get the Sicilian Medusa tattooed on your self? because i was thinkin about it because it would be pretty cool but someone told me it was bad luck is this true?

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  1. I am not sure any tattoo has bad luck attached to it.

    But you might get a better answer in a different section.

    This question probably came to genealogy by mistake.  


  2. Your question should have been put under anthropology or myths. Meanwhile :

    Medusa herself has been always used as apotropaism: an active  defence against bad luck .

    The Medusa head has been used on shields, palace walls decorations, coat of arms and many other objects with the function to protect the owner from bad luck.  

    It was said to carry the protection from Athena/ Minerva, goddess of wisdom and cleverness, protector  of Sicily (Medusa head was on her war shield)

    So, historically it is considered a GOOD and LUCKY symbol.

    Nobody in Sicily will feel  it as "unlucky"' may be just a little bit strange.

    If you had a different interpretation it can be because:

    A) in ancient times the Catholic Church tried either to absorb pre-christian myths either to  fight them as "evil" or unlucky. Some track of this may remain in some local subcultures. Today , medusa symbol is totally neutral from a religious point of view (simply not related, nor good nor bad)

    B) Symbol of Trinacria : it was always used as a symbol of  Sicily, since Caltabellotta peace in 1302 after the Vespers war. Later it became a symbol of Sicilian independence,  (was renewed by Murat as a symbol of a Sicily reviving in French revolution) up to the most recent examples (like Salvatore Giuliano):  so it  has been often biased by centralist propaganda . Meanwhile today Medusa and triskelion are the official symbol and part of the flag of Sicily, so there is even no social or political bias on it

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