I Sette Dormienti di Efeso: testimonianze dal margine

The legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus is very well known and has taken root over time in different cultural contexts because of the powerful message of hope and resurrection conveyed through the awakening, after a long sleep, of some young men who, to escape the persecutions of Emperor Decius, took refuge in a cave and fell asleep. The awakening has had and continues to have a powerful symbolic significance in many Afro-Eurasian contexts, both Christian and Muslim. This contribution adopts a perspective from the margins, analysing the reception of this legend in the specific context of the Turfan oasis between Syriac Christianity and Islam, between past and present