MME4067334: Galatina, Italy. Fresco above the well in the chapel of St. Paul where tarantolati were conducted to drink its healer water. According to local legend the "tarantolati" or "tarantati", usually women, are affected by hysterical crisis caused by a bite of the tarantula spider and St. Paul, the patron of the poisoned, would be the their patron saint, Mencarini, Marcello / Bridgeman Images
MME4067330: Galatina, Italy, Church of Saints Peter an Paul (Chiesa Madre dei Santi Pietro e Paolo) and stage to dance the Pizzica, a traditional dance born here to heal "tarantolati", almost always women suffering from hysterical crisis regarded as a consequence of the bite of the tarantula spider, Mencarini, Marcello / Bridgeman Images
MME4067336: Galatina, Italy, Cappella di San Paolo (St. Paul's Chapel), where tatantolati (or tarantati) were brought to ask for the grace. According to legend, the tarantula spider with its bite would cause hysterical crisis. The popular tradition believes that some musicians are able, with the music, to heal the "pizzicati" (pinched), Mencarini, Marcello / Bridgeman Images