ID: 901002684 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002684	Record Type: Character/Person

	Befana, La (Italian folklore character)

Note: Italian folklore character, witch-like in appearance, who delivers gifts to children throughout Italy on the eve of Epiphany.

Names:

	Befana, La (Italian folklore character) (preferred,English-P)
	Befana, La (Italian folklore character) (Italian-P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Literary characters> (P)
		........Befana, La (Italian folklore character) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... character (person by activity)
	.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... witch
	.....(people in the occult sciences, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Italian (culture or style)
	.....(European regions, European, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... Epiphany (feast day)
	.....(Christian holidays, religious holidays, holidays, cultural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Befana, La (Italian folklore character)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ ICCD database (1988-)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Befana#/media/File:Befana1.jpg
	................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Bartolomeo_Pinelli%2C_La_Befana%2C_1821%2C_NGA_154010.jpg/1024px-Bartolomeo_Pinelli%2C_La_Befana%2C_1821%2C_NGA_154010.jpg