Il Monte inondato di luce – LUSSARI
The search for the pre-Christian origins of the pilgrimage tradition on Monte Lussari (northern Italy) turns into a detective’s journey into the distant past. Forgotten natural experiences, myths and rituals are decoded via the Indo-European area of origin and the sacred mountains of the Eurasian region. Back in the imposing Julian mountain massive, one grasps the mysterious world of the hereby rediscovered natural religion.
- Book: 240 pages, text with 182 images
- Author: Helmut Tributsch
- Language: Italian
- Format: 21.6 x 27.6 cm, approx. 1290 g
- With hardcover and ribbon
German to Italian translation:
Renate Tributsch Giordano, lecturer and teaching consultant at the German Cultural Institute “Goethe Institut” in Milan, now retired.
Myth and nature religion of sacred mountains
If one considers the genesis of the Monte Lussari tradition detached from the Christian miracle, then the votive figure found there reveals a pagan past of the Holy Mountain. The book reconstructs the traces of this worship back to prehistoric times as well as the natural phenomena that triggered them. For this purpose, the myth of the sacred mountains, with its fertility-giving water sources, is traced back to the original homeland of the Indo-European peoples and to Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus. These ancient peoples also realised their visions in the Julian Alps during their migrations.
Owing to the decoding of ancient religious contexts, the author succeeds in reconstructing the natural sanctuary with the central mountain of the gods (Mangart) and its rivers consecrated to the gods. Now one understands what mythical powers the early Lussari pilgrims hoped to gain from this remarkable mountain. In addition, the names related to the sun god (Bel) and his goddess, as well as the function of various ancient sites along the Roman road under the Luschari Mountain, also explain themselves:
- Belloio (the way across the watershed)
- Bilachinium (the two watershed springs dedicated to the goddess Hera/Juno)
- Noreia (sanctuary of the identical Noric goddess and site of an ancient battle)
- Beliag (sanctuary of the god Bel, the newly discovered Celtic name of Alt-Villach)
About the author:
Helmut Tributsch grew up in San Leopoldo (Leopoldskirchen), Valcanale, Italy, within sight of Monte Lussari. The legend and the spiritual background of this place of pilgrimage in its breathtaking mountain landscape have moved him since childhood. After a working life as a natural scientist and university professor in the wide world, he has returned to his native farmhouse. Now he found the time and felt experienced enough to get to the root of this myth of a sacred mountain. www.helmut-tributsch.it
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