Badalisc
badalisc also badalisk mythical creature val camonica italy southern central alp badalisc represented today creature big head covered goat skin two small horn huge mouth glowing eye according legend badalisc life wood around village andrista commune cevo supposed annoy community year captured period epiphany january led rope village musician masked character including il giovane young man il vecchio old man la vecchia old woman young signorina bait animal lust also old witch beat drum bearded shepherd hunchback un torvo gobetto rustic duel animal traditionally men take part although dressed woman medieval time woman prohibited participating exhibition even see hear badaliscs speech would denied holy communion following day village square formerly stable badaliscs speech la ntifunada read mythological animal gossip community badalisc dumb creature speech nowadays written rhyme read interpreter improvised written advance speech reveals supposed sin scheming community speech hunchback bang stick rhythmically interval speech followed singing dancing feasting evening community eats badalisc polenta commercial version traditional food launched recently village child would beg house house badalisc celebration cornmeal make polenta badalisc salami also specially made badalisc place honour feast second day end exhibition badalisc set free allowed return wood ritual strong similarity bosinada bosinade businade satirical performance prose poetry song storyteller bosin denounced misdeed community known th century widespread throughout northern italy derived purification ritual new year eve link badalisk andrista mythical basilisk half lizard half serpent head like cat squarer like toad incinerates everything rest gaze well known cevo elsewhere northern italy unclear perchta krampus prechristian alpine tradition italian atlante demologico lombardo italian badalisccom italian youtube italian demologiait luca giarelli il badalisc di andrista maschera di cevo valle camonica carnevali e folclore delle alpi riti suoni e tradizioni popolari delle vallate europee isbn