A Proposal on the Study of Mythologies, Applied to the Characters of Sun, Fire, Wind, an Rain

A Proposal on the Study of Mythologies, Applied to the Characters of Sun, Fire, Wind, an Rain

This paper concerns mythologies of the Yavapais, Maricopas, Pimas, and Huichols, all of whom live in, or at least visit, deserts and the related elements of sun and fire. This preliminary study of the impact of desert on tribal mythology stems from the following theoretical points: first that mythol...

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Autor principal: Bahr, Donald
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Publicado: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2015
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spelling repositorioinstitucional-20.500.12930-70352023-05-09T14:08:17Z A Proposal on the Study of Mythologies, Applied to the Characters of Sun, Fire, Wind, an Rain Bahr, Donald This paper concerns mythologies of the Yavapais, Maricopas, Pimas, and Huichols, all of whom live in, or at least visit, deserts and the related elements of sun and fire. This preliminary study of the impact of desert on tribal mythology stems from the following theoretical points: first that mythologies are interested in sun, fire, wind, and rain to the extent that they render those things as characters rather than as impersonal elements.  Second that in what I call miniregions mythologies differ largely because of parody phenomenon. And third that a “mythology” comprises all of the texts that one tribal narrator tells in the order the narrator arranges them. In this manner, this paper both sets an agenda for measuring the impact of deserts on myth and introduces authorship and authority into the study of tribal mythologies.  2015-10-10 2021-06-03T03:53:34Z 2021-06-03T03:53:34Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares http://culturales.uabc.mx/index.php/Culturales/article/view/28 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12930/7035 spa http://culturales.uabc.mx/index.php/Culturales/article/view/28/27 application/pdf Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Culturales; Vol. 2 No. 3 (2006); 132-158 Culturales; Vol. 2 Núm. 3 (2006); 132-158 2448-539X 1870-1191
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description This paper concerns mythologies of the Yavapais, Maricopas, Pimas, and Huichols, all of whom live in, or at least visit, deserts and the related elements of sun and fire. This preliminary study of the impact of desert on tribal mythology stems from the following theoretical points: first that mythologies are interested in sun, fire, wind, and rain to the extent that they render those things as characters rather than as impersonal elements.  Second that in what I call miniregions mythologies differ largely because of parody phenomenon. And third that a “mythology” comprises all of the texts that one tribal narrator tells in the order the narrator arranges them. In this manner, this paper both sets an agenda for measuring the impact of deserts on myth and introduces authorship and authority into the study of tribal mythologies. 
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A Proposal on the Study of Mythologies, Applied to the Characters of Sun, Fire, Wind, an Rain
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title A Proposal on the Study of Mythologies, Applied to the Characters of Sun, Fire, Wind, an Rain
title_short A Proposal on the Study of Mythologies, Applied to the Characters of Sun, Fire, Wind, an Rain
title_full A Proposal on the Study of Mythologies, Applied to the Characters of Sun, Fire, Wind, an Rain
title_fullStr A Proposal on the Study of Mythologies, Applied to the Characters of Sun, Fire, Wind, an Rain
title_full_unstemmed A Proposal on the Study of Mythologies, Applied to the Characters of Sun, Fire, Wind, an Rain
title_sort proposal on the study of mythologies, applied to the characters of sun, fire, wind, an rain
publisher Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
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url http://culturales.uabc.mx/index.php/Culturales/article/view/28
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