In the Middle Ages in Europe, people who suffered the bite of a wolf spider believed that the only way to rid themselves of the resulting symptoms was to do a dance called a:

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The tarantella is a dance that was believed to cure the venomous bite of a spider, specifically the bite of the tarantula, in the Middle Ages in Europe. This belief stemmed from the region of Taranto in Italy, where the dance originated as a supposed cure for tarantism, the condition caused by the spider's bite.

In the Middle Ages in Europe, People Who Suffered the Bite