This paper studies the King of Sacks (Rey Costales), a mythical character in Zumpahuacan’s oral narrative. This so difficult to grasp character, and its protean condition, oriented the research into determining its identity. According the stories, King of Sacks is kind of a «spirit» or «Banshee », but its behavior is that of an «Air”, a Mesoamerican supernatural being. However, its high degree of individualization —as manifested in the consciousness of its pagan status as well as in the lack of links with the atmospheric phenomena affecting crops— required some clarifications. As expected, there is a conflict or symbolic-religious adjustment between Christian beliefs and vernacular beliefs, but above all, a larger cultural realignment revea...
Reivindicación del conde Don Julián se quiere un acto iconoclasta. Esta novela plantea el problema d...
The chronicles of historical sources are difficult because they are a mix of myths and facts experie...
Xinguano shamanism has great freedom and epistemic richness, is a radical space of imagination and c...
An analysis is made of sorne literary and oral versions of the tale-type Aa-Th 982 («Supposed chest ...
Immediately after an historical review of the ethnography of the denominated Saga of Basëbüke of the...
Mario Vargas Llosa’s novel El hablador (1987) is a parody of anthropological discourse and practice....
In Don Quijote, Don Juan y La Celestina, Maeztu underwent an in-depth analysis of the psychological ...
In this article we will examine the discursive function of the story “Orovilca”. Our hypothesis sugg...
This work studies oral literature in Mitos, leyendas y cuentos peruanos (1947), an important compila...
Relatos como el mito de la Atlántida han cumplido una función retórica al establecer puntos de unión...
Se abordan distintas definiciones de mito para llegar a establecer cuál es su función social, al res...
En las últimas décadas, las reflexiones críticas acerca de las crónicas de Indias se han profundizad...
The exotic image we have always had from the East has influenced by the descriptions the people made...
En las últimas décadas, las reflexiones críticas acerca de las crónicas de Indias se han profundizad...
El propósito del presente estudio es comparar unos relatos escritos bajo la dictadura franquista con...
Reivindicación del conde Don Julián se quiere un acto iconoclasta. Esta novela plantea el problema d...
The chronicles of historical sources are difficult because they are a mix of myths and facts experie...
Xinguano shamanism has great freedom and epistemic richness, is a radical space of imagination and c...
An analysis is made of sorne literary and oral versions of the tale-type Aa-Th 982 («Supposed chest ...
Immediately after an historical review of the ethnography of the denominated Saga of Basëbüke of the...
Mario Vargas Llosa’s novel El hablador (1987) is a parody of anthropological discourse and practice....
In Don Quijote, Don Juan y La Celestina, Maeztu underwent an in-depth analysis of the psychological ...
In this article we will examine the discursive function of the story “Orovilca”. Our hypothesis sugg...
This work studies oral literature in Mitos, leyendas y cuentos peruanos (1947), an important compila...
Relatos como el mito de la Atlántida han cumplido una función retórica al establecer puntos de unión...
Se abordan distintas definiciones de mito para llegar a establecer cuál es su función social, al res...
En las últimas décadas, las reflexiones críticas acerca de las crónicas de Indias se han profundizad...
The exotic image we have always had from the East has influenced by the descriptions the people made...
En las últimas décadas, las reflexiones críticas acerca de las crónicas de Indias se han profundizad...
El propósito del presente estudio es comparar unos relatos escritos bajo la dictadura franquista con...
Reivindicación del conde Don Julián se quiere un acto iconoclasta. Esta novela plantea el problema d...
The chronicles of historical sources are difficult because they are a mix of myths and facts experie...
Xinguano shamanism has great freedom and epistemic richness, is a radical space of imagination and c...