{"id":15719,"date":"2022-07-07T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T06:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/la-bella-vita.club\/?p=15719"},"modified":"2025-04-18T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T23:00:08","slug":"naples-pure-the-red-power-of-cornicello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/la-bella-vita.club\/en\/neapel-die-rote-macht-des-cornicello\/","title":{"rendered":"Naples - The Power of the Red Cornicello"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Being superstitious is stupid - but not being so is bad luck.\"<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Actor & Director Eduardo de Filippo (*1900 \u20201984)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looks like<\/strong> a red chilli. In fact, Naples' traditional good luck charm, the Cornicello<\/em> a horn. This is supposed to ward off the \"evil eye\". The lucky charm must be stiff, hollow, crooked and pointed to be effective, so they say. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Important: You have to Cornicello<\/em> or Curniciello<\/em> <\/strong>(as it is correctly called in Neapolitan) on being given as a present<\/strong>...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The writer Matilde Ser\u00e3o (*1858 \u20201927) defines the croissant as the \"incurable disease of the Neapolitans\": before leaving the house, one rubs on the Cornicello<\/em> in Naples, before a first date, an important doctor's appointment and before important business meetings anyway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merchants have it hanging in their shops, others on their rear-view mirrors in their cars. But very few publicly confirm that they believe in the power of their Curniciello<\/em> (Neapolitan)<\/em> believe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Curnicielli at a street stall in Naples<\/strong>
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The \"evil eye\" is a superstition that has been widespread for more than 3,000 years: according to it, another person (with the corresponding abilities) can only harm you by looking at you. In Naples, the bearer of the evil eye is called the Jettatore<\/em> named. (Incidentally, this is why Volkswagen called its \"Jetta\" model \"Golf\" in Italy).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To this day, the reputation of being a Jettatore<\/em> to be destroying careers. Cuddly singer Marco Masini (57, winner Sanremo 2004), who mostly sings melancholic, sad songs, is initially called a \"fun\" singer. Jettatore<\/em> is called. The \"fun\" took on a life of its own and escalated so badly that Masini withdrew from the public eye for a good year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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