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 :CONNECTION TO AVALON 

 PRIMARY SOURCE FOR AVALON: 

 * Geoffrey of Monmouth (Norman): (unique) 

 insula avallonis, pomorum insula = island characterized by its fertility and fruitiness; 

 Avalon = No island of Great Britain; 

 The island belongs to Morgan le Fay = connection with Morgan le Fay; (main feature) 

 Parameter A1: All places that have a name of a place-name and ONLY JUST ricondubile or resembling ""avallonis"" or ""pomorum"" are to be excluded, because surely (very likely) with these two names indicates an island for its characteristic main (being fertile and fructose). 
 Parameter B1: The connection with Morgan le Fay to be expressed on the sources. 

 PARAMETERS OF CLASSIFICATION / IDENTIFICATION: 

 1) a. Number sources; b. Norman sources; c. medieval sources; d: reliability of sources (not just local sources) 
 2) Location with historical relationship connected to Norman 
 3) Respect the parameters of Geoffrey of Monmouth (are deduced from his work ""Historia Regum Britanniae"" and ""Vita Merlini""): a. avalon island of no great britain b. island known to be fertile and fruitful; c. connection with Morgan le Fay; d. Parameter A1; and. Parameter B1. 

 For candidacy A PLACE WITH A CONNECTION WITH AVALON RESPECT AND SATISFY ALL PARAMETERS 1) 2) 3). 

 CONNECTION TO SICILY 

 HISTORICAL CONTEXT-GEOGRAPHICAL = Sicily is an island in the middle of the Mediterranean consists of a mainly hilly and mountainous. His remarks are made in part by active volcanoes and off ... among them the highest in Europe and one of the busiest in the world, Mount Etna. 
 Sicily is the land of the sunniest in Europe, this feature combined with a volcanic soil has made the island the most fertile land in Europe and the Mediterranean this feature the distinguished from other lands for the whole of its history to the present day our. 
 His fertility has become a symbol of the island and with this feature was identified. 
 Its strategic position characterized to be the center of the Mediterranean and the seas of controller that connect the east and west of the area seems euro-Mediterranean and also for its territorial extension (the largest island of the Mediterranean) has led to many civilizations conquer the island bringing their culture, among them the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans, developed in the island ... a unique culture. 
 The peculiar geographical and geological characteristics already listed damage of Sicily looks Jurassic ancestral very different from the rest of Europe and the Mediterranean, and this has meant that different civilizations that have followed over time, we set their mythology in these places saw their spectacular and unique and particularly related to Mount Etna. 
 In addition to the various civilizations mythology island also bring their own cults and some of these cults are linked to the characteristics of the island and have become a symbol of the island in the world. 
 The deities that are linked particularly to the island and that will become a symbol of Sicily are linked to the cult of the female and the cult of fertility. 
 With the Romans Sicily becomes a center linked to the cult of Ceres, goddess of fertility and the underworld ""mater larvarum"" and Goddess Ponoma ""Patrona pomorum"" goddess of fruit. 
 During the Roman period the island of Sicily will become the symbol of fertility and fruitfulness in all its territory and known as ""the granary of Rome"". 
 The products of Sicily will be Exported throughout the Roman era as luxury goods in particular on fruits like grapes and especially wine and oil and honey, as well as pottery, etc. 
 England part of the Roman Empire was not isolated from these trades and own the city of London was a real commercial center of the north. Ships and people were moving and communicating across Europe and beyond. With the fall of the Roman Empire, England did not become a place anarchist and barbaric but the city continued to trade with the rest of the world and in particular with the Mediterranean. Important archaeological discoveries in particular its Tintagel were found jars containing wine and olive oil from the Mediterranean and were luxury goods of the time. 
 Sicily after the Roman Empire step in the hands of Germanic peoples and then Byzantine and especially the Arabs. 
 Just the Arabs in the Middle Ages were the most advanced civilization, brought to Sicily their entire culture: scientific and technological innovations in all fields especially in hydraulics, unique architecture, poetry, and in particular products such as fruits and plants that in many areas of 'Europe were unknown. All this still greatly enriched Sicily increasing the prestige ... and its wine is even mentioned in the Norse sagas. 
 Meanwhile in Europe a new relig