Messia may refer to: * Messia gens, family at ancient Rome * Pedro Messía de la Cerda, 2nd Marquis of Vega de Armijo (1700–1783); a Spanish naval officer * a harvesting goddess associated with

Tutelina ''Tutelina'' is a genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1901. Species it contains six species, found in Ecuador, Guyana, Canada, and the United States: *''Tutelina elegans'' (Hen ...

* Agutazza Messia, an illiterate Sicilian woman (a quilt maker and domestic) from whom

Giuseppe Pitre Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Josephus, Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. The feminine form of the name is Giuseppa or Giuseppina (given name), Giuseppina. People wit ...

takes most of his tales, also in

Italo Calvino Italo Calvino (, ; ;. RAI (circa 1970), retrieved 25 October 2012. 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include the ''Our Ancestors'' trilogy (1952–1959), the '' Cosm ...

's folktales collection

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