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Juha
thumb|Juha with his donkey
Giufà, or Giucà as he is referred to in some areas, is a character of Sicilian folklore. His antics have been retold and memorized through centuries of oral tradition. Although the anecdotes from his life mainly revolve around the southern Italian and Sicilian lifestyle, his character traits are visible in the folk characters of many Mediterranean cultures. In fact, scholars suggest that the character Giufà developed from stories of Nasrudin, a Turkish folk character. It is believed that during Islamic rule of the island of Sicily, stories of this manknown in Arabic
Fairy witch trials of Sicily
Supernatural female beings comparable to the fairies of English folklore.
Cola Pesce
Italian folktale