Home›Open Questions›Does Sardinian folk belief connect to the island's prehistoric Nuragic religion, and if so how?Open QuestionsDoes Sardinian folk belief connect to the island's prehistoric Nuragic religion, and if so how?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Does Sardinian folk belief connect to the island's prehistoric Nuragic religion, and if so how?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/does-sardinian-folk-belief-connect-to-nuragic-religion.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Does Sardinian folk belief connect to the island's prehistoric Nuragic religion, and if so how?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/does-sardinian-folk-belief-connect-to-nuragic-religionCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-does-sardinian-folk-belief-connect-to-th, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Does Sardinian folk belief connect to the island's prehistoric Nuragic religion, and if so how?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/does-sardinian-folk-belief-connect-to-nuragic-religion}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionSardinian folk belief is described as layered over the island's prehistoric Nuragic civilization and Ozieri culture tombs, but the folklore itself was recorded only from the nineteenth century onward, and nothing currently establishes a documented line of transmission between the prehistoric archaeological culture and the modern oral material.What would resolve this Archaeological or textual evidence linking specific Nuragic-era ritual practice to a named figure or custom still recorded in nineteenth or twentieth century Sardinian folklore would establish an actual continuity, rather than a merely geographic layering.Openarchaeology and folklore studiesDolores Turchi, Leggende e Racconti Popolari della Sardegna (Turchi)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnSardinian Folk Tradition, Religions Well-attested Source Leggende e Racconti Popolari della Sardegna (Turchi)Dolores Turchitier 2SourcesLeggende e Racconti Popolari della Sardegna (Turchi)tier 2Dolores Turchi, Newton Compton, Rome, 1999Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year