In Greek and Roman mythology, the existence of the truffle was directly attributed to the power of the gods. According to legend, Zeus, the king of the gods, struck the base of an oak tree with a lightning bolt he sent down to earth, and this divine energy transformed into a truffle beneath the soil. For people of antiquity, therefore, the truffle was not merely food, but a blessing dropped from the table of the gods down to the earth. Because it was believed to carry the power of fire and lightning, it was regarded with a mystical reverence. However, when the darkness of the Middle Ages arrived, this divine aura suddenly inverted. Under the pressure of the Church and the superstitions of the era, the truffle was declared the "work of witches" or the "devil's egg." Sprouting suddenly from the ground in the dark, without ever seeing the sunlight, it was deemed suspicious and dangerous by the Church. At one point, peasants wouldn't even walk past it, believi...
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