SENSE AND REALITY IN INDIGENOUS MYTHS: A SEMIOTIC EXAMINATION OF NARRATIVES ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF FIRE

This article presents an analysis, under the light of French semiotics, of two myths of Brazilian Indian tribes that take care of the acquisition of the fire. The aim is to demonstrate that the texts examined are coherent as a whole and that certain elements, often taken as evidence of discursive ch...

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Main Author: Clebson Luiz de Brito
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2013-06-01
Series:Espaço Ameríndio
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Online Access:http://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/38273