Myths and Legends
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Understanding Gaia: War, Peace, and the Anthropocene
The Anthropocene era reveals the intertwined relationship between humanity and Gaia, emphasizing our dual role as both insignificant in cosmic scale yet possessing immense geological power. This era challenges traditional views of nature, framing it as a dynamic participant rather than a passive backdrop. Latour advocates for a new politics of coexistence, urging humans to…
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Simone Weil and a myth of the Okanagan
Simone Weil and a myth of the Okanagan. A spiritual journey through the Great Revelation.
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The Pale Mountains
This legend was published by Karl Felix Wolff in 1905, as part of the folkloric tradition of the Dolomites in an attempt to enhance the Ladin minority that elaborated most of the legends today associated with the Dolomites. In fact, it was first published in the magazine L’amik di Ladins/Der Ladinerfreund (The friend of the…
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The mirror of Misurina
What are the origins of mountains? In particular, how were the Dolomites formed? Is the geological narrative the only way to explain the orogenesis of these mountains? A comprehensive, truly ecocritical approach to these questions does contemplate the most current scientific answers and a reconsideration of the legends and myths that, over time, have accompanied…
Massimo Lollini 