La leggenda Maltese della sposa della Mosta : due varianti inedite e la "Scibilia Nobili" siciliana

Abstract

In 1932 Ettore Rossi considered the Maltese legend of the Bride of Mosta (L-Gharusa tal-Mosta) to detect the great resemblance that it found between the Maltese tale and the Scibilia Nobili of Marsala, recognizing in this resemblance a tangible sign of the historical and folkloristic ties that unite Malta to Sicily. The main reason, common to the two stories, which justified this to his conclusion was the abduction of a bride by the corsairs, "who in vain turns to parents and relatives for the ransom and only saved for the sacrifice of the groom."