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Lycosa tarantula carrying her offspring. Tarantism (/ ˈ t ɛr ən ˌ t ɪ z əm / TERR-ən-tiz-əm) [1] is a form of hysteric behaviour originating in Southern Italy, popularly believed to result from the bite of the wolf spider Lycosa tarantula (distinct from the broad class of spiders also called tarantulas).
House of Flowers is a musical by Harold Arlen (music and lyrics) [1] and Truman Capote (lyrics and book). A short story of the same name was published in Breakfast at ...
Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. [2] As of December 2023, 1,100 species have been identified, with 166 genera. [3] The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although many other members of the same infraorder (Mygalomorphae) are commonly referred to as "tarantulas" or "false tarantulas".
The House of Flowers (AKA La Casa de las Flores) is getting the movie treatment, courtesy of...
Spider in a web Spiders have woven their way into the mystical traditions and spiritual beliefs across cultures for centuries. These eight-legged architects of the natural world hold deep symbolic ...
Spider bites may be overdiagnosed or misdiagnosed. [1] In many reports of spider bites it is unclear if a spider bite actually occurred. [7] Historically a number of conditions were attributed to spider bites. In the Middle Ages a condition claimed to arise from spider bites was tarantism, where people danced wildly. [8]
The House of Flowers is a black comedy drama television series that ran for three seasons, with one short film special, between 2018 and 2020. Predominantly set contemporaneous with its release, it also featured a plot in 1979, telling the story of the de la Mora family and their florists (La Casa de las Flores, The House of Flowers) across several generations.
On the other hand, the supposedly curative or symptomatic tarantella was danced solo by a victim of a Lycosa tarantula spider bite (not to be confused with what is commonly known as a tarantula today); it was agitated in character, lasted for hours or even up to days, and featured characteristic music. However, other forms of the dance were and ...