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Folklore and Healthcare
Traditions
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Respect for elders
When providing care, speaking to older adults and the patient together, or just the older adult first is important
Traditions involving their meals include, olive oil, wine, bread, cheese, and olives (In the Med, n.d).
Wine is considered Mediterranean Trinity (Oldways, 2020).
Friends , family, eating, and relaxation are all of great value in Mediterranean culture (In the Med, n.d).
Different cultures cuisine are mixed in with Mediterranean foods, for example Egyptian, Ottoman, and Levantine (In the Med, n.d).
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The growth of crops
Olives, grapes, citrus, fruits, grains (Mediterranean Agriculture, n.d)
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Beliefs
Prayer
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Samoans believed that illness is caused by spirits, or retribution, for not adequately helping their family in Samoa (The State of Queensland, 2023b).
Traditional healers are used if western medicine is ineffective (The State of Queensland, 2023b).
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Folklore
Tagaloa
A God who created space between Earth where he could stand. Responsible for making islands and valleys (National Park Service, 2015).
Vave
A God who could shapeshift into other animals and predict the future outcomes of war (Samoan mythology, n.d)
Hippocrates, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle (Diversity: The Mediterranean, a Sea of Cultures Adapted to Each Person, n.d)
Achilles, Cyclopes, and sirenomelia have all been renamed body parts as they were previously known as Greek mythological gods and creatures (Karenberg, 2011).
Anatomy language came from Greek and Roman Culture (Karenberg, 2011).
Santa Lucia, a popular figure in Italian folklore (Wikipedia, 2023).
Rape of Sabine women, a common tale where women were taken by Greek and Italian artists to be used as a muse for famous sculptures and paintings (Wikipedia, 2023).
Mommotti, a frightening creature used to take children away if they don’t behave (Lavena, 2022).
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Greeks started using alcohol as medicine (In the Med, n.d)
