The snake on the table: Authority and control of the rain in a Huave oral narrative (Mexico)
In this article I analyze some versions of a mythical Huave narrative, telling the tragic fate of a boy with extraordinary powers who, due to his indiscrete father, is forced by the municipal authorities to repeatedly face a giant snake that causes heavy rains and threatens to flood the village, and...
Main Author: | Alessandro Lupo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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UNICApress
2015-07-01
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Series: | Anuac |
Online Access: | https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/anuac/article/view/1875 |
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