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Who Are Lis Aganis
The Aganis (with the stress on the second syllable) are legendary female figures who live by watercourses and in caves. According to tradition, they have an ambiguous and ambivalent relationship with man. Known by different names and with different characteristics, they populate the legends of villages and valleys all over the Alps.
The name of our ecomuseum comes from a story that belongs to the oral tradition of the Val Colvera, in the mountains of Western Friuli.
...Once upon a time there was a poor woman with many children to raise. One day she came across a salamander on the bank of a stream. The woman helped the little animal to give birth... The salamander turned out to be an Agana. As a token of her gratitude, she gave the poor woman a ball of wool with a never-ending thread.
With this wool, she was able to knit shirts and socks for her children, and then generously made clothes for other women, who could then use them for their loved ones... The ball of thread was passed on and on. Legend has it that it is still handed down today as a sign of goodness and generosity.
The ball of thread is a metaphor for our local heritage, a resource that can be used collectively, interpreted differently by each person based on their needs. This thread should never be allowed to run out. It represents memory, the legacy of knowledge and traditions that should be preserved and passed on to future generations.
