Gold Charm
What is the name of the Gobbo on the italian gold charm?
I believe he is Hephaistos (Hephaestus), the son of Zeus and Hera, the god of smiths and crafts and renowned for the craftiness and cunning which is traditionally highly valued in Neapolitan culture ... like many figures of Southern Italian mythology, he migrated to Italy with Greek colonists before the foundation of the Roman Republic. I think very few people are aware of his origins ... most would just call him "il gobbo", the hunchback. He is a symbol of good fortune, because he always came out a winner. In Saxon mythology, he is Wayland or Volund, so he is truly a pan-European figure and very important to English people too.
Star in the hope that one of my Italian contacts can confirm or refute my hypothesis.
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