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title: "A Sicilian myth in a contemporary guise"
date: 2024-06-24
last_modified: 2025-01-21T13:32:33+01:00
generated_at: 2026-04-18T12:09:59Z
url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/ein-sizilianischer-mythos-im-zeitgenoessischen-gewand-context-en/"
description: "What if women can resolve and heal dichotomies? In the coming DOUBLE FEATURE, Elisa Giardina Papa takes the Sicilian myth of the “donne di fora” and brings it into the present, thus commemorating those women who in the 17th century were said to possess healing powers."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Header_Schirn_Presse_Double_Feature_EGP_U_Scantu_01.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# A Sicilian myth in a contemporary guise