Probably first published illustration of Tarantella legend. Bite of spider Lycosa tarantula thought to cause Tarantism, an illness in which the suffer wept and swept before going into a wild dance. From ''Magnes: sive de Ars Magnetica'', Rome, 1643,

Probably first published illustration of Tarantella legend. Bite of spider Lycosa tarantula thought to cause Tarantism, an illness in which the suffer wept and swept before going into a wild dance. From ''Magnes, sive de Ars Magnetica'', Rome, 1643, by Athanasius Kircher. (Photo by, Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)