This article is about the alleged poisoning. For the Tito & Tarantula album, see Tarantism (album).
Lycosa tarantula carrying her offspring
Tarantism (/ˈtɛrənˌtɪzəm/TERR-ən-tiz-əm)[1] is a form of hysteric behaviour originating in Southern Italy, popularly believed to result from the bite of the wolf spider Lycosa tarantula (distinct from the broad class of spiders also called tarantulas). A better[clarification needed] candidate cause is Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, commonly known as the Mediterranean black widow or steppe spider, although no link between such bites and the behaviour of tarantism has ever been demonstrated.[2] However, the term historically is used to refer to a dancing mania – characteristic of Southern Italy – which likely had little to do with spider bites. The tarantella dance supposedly evolved from a therapy for tarantism.
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(1997) conclude that the actual cause or causes of tarantism remain unknown. In recent years, tarantism has been defined by its connection to dance and music...
Dancing mania (also known as dancing plague, choreomania, St. John's Dance, tarantism and St. Vitus' Dance) was a social phenomenon that may have had biological...
to be highly venomous and to lead to a hysterical condition known as tarantism. This type of dance became known as the "tarantella". R. Lowe Thompson...
superstition has it that the spider's bite can produce severe symptoms called tarantism. These spiders are rather large, the females being as large as 30 mm (1...
to body part. Diverse choreas (St. Vitus' dance, St. John's dance, and tarantism) were labeled in the Middle Ages referring to the independent epidemics...
pretend to be engaged in a duel. The most important book about pizzica and tarantism is The Land of Remorse, written by the Italian philosopher, anthropologist...
In the Middle Ages a condition claimed to arise from spider bites was tarantism, where people danced wildly. While necrosis has been attributed to the...
Tarrant Abbey was a Cistercian nunnery in Tarrant Crawford, Dorset, England. The abbey was founded as an independent monastery in 1186 by Ralph de Kahaines...
Tarantula released its long-awaited and highly acclaimed debut album Tarantism. They followed up with, Hungry Sally & Other Killer Lullabies in 1999...
research with Diego Carpitella into the funeral rituals of Lucania and tarantism. Ernesto de Martino was born in Naples, Italy, where he studied under...
the Eternal City". italiani.it. Retrieved 11 May 2021. Anon (1968). Tarantism: St. Paul and the Spider, in Essays and Reviews form the Times Literary...
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notion of a magnetic cure for wounds, he devoted a chapter of Magnes to tarantism as a cure for a spider bite - an example, he believed, of magnetic forces...
includes the European Lycosa tarantula, which was once associated with tarantism, a dubious affliction whose symptoms included shaking, cold sweats, and...
the dancing manias of the Middle Ages, including St. John's dance and tarantism. These were supposed to be associated with spirit possession or the bite...
of the common name "tarantula", originating from the terms tarantella, tarantism and tarantula — although no spider species of the family Theraphosidae...
Renaissance. He is known to medical historians for his detailed discussion of tarantism. Epifanio Ferdinando was born in Mesagne, in the Terra di Otranto, on...
lasted for 50 years until the wolf spider was exonerated. Latrodectism Tarantism List of cutaneous conditions List of spiders associated with cutaneous...
completely different kind of spider), was once blamed for a condition known as tarantism. A bitten young woman would be forced to dance wildly in the central plaza—the...
2017, with additional contributions from Dibs, Magnus Martin (whose band Tarantism had supported Hawkwind on many occasions) and Big Bill Barry. Martin and...
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