Both the castle that the town is surrounded by the breath of mystery due to the plot of some myths like the one told by Homer, which tells of the passage of the ship of Ulysses between Scylla and Charybdis voracious monster.
Scylla is the monster with six heads and a womb from which sprout angry dogs. And she is hidden in the cavities of the rock on the narrow, studying the prey in the sea.
Today, his figure appears as the emblem of the town of Scilla, represented as a bell that ends with a double fish tail, but otherwise was described by Homer in the Odyssey (Od. XII 85 ff.): "... While gazing at the dark cave there ... lives in Scylla, barking horribly: the voice is that of a female baby, but it is scary monster, no one would have to see her joy. The feet are twelve, all invisible, and has six necks, long: and to do a head on each shock in the mouth of three rows of teeth and tight, full of black death [1] . "
The legend of Scylla and Charybdis of 'Febea - Myths, mysteries and legends of Reggio Calabria area' - Navy Crisafi - Laruffa Publisher 2009
How was it used to do every day, even that of Scylla, a beautiful nymph who lived on the beach in front of Messina, ran barefoot on the beach and began to undress for a swim in the clear waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Tired but satisfied, he lay down on the sand, dissolving the long hair on the body graceful and squinting to enjoy the warm rays of the sun.
Suddenly he heard a noise coming from the sea and saw a wave sollevatasi shooting head threatening to her.
Petrified with fear by the waves he saw a being half man and half fish, with a bushy beard and long hair full of green algae fragments.
It was the sea god Glaucus, who, desperately in love with her, he decided to reveal his love.
Terrified, Scylla moved away from the shore and took refuge on the beach, but Glaucus began to beg her to stop.
"Wait a minute, my beautiful nymph, and listen to my story. ... CONTINUED